Suspended Thai PM says she's sorry, accepts court's decision


Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra leaves Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, after Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended the prime minister from office pending an investigation over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK: Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pic) said on Tuesday (July 1) she accepts the Constitutional Court's decision to suspend her from her premiership pending a case seeking her dismissal.

"I want to apologise to people who are upset by all of this," she told reporters, "I will continue to work for the country as a Thai citizen."

The 38-year-old politician has come under fire following the leak of a politically sensitive telephone conversation with Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen last month. - Reuters

 

 

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