Thai court suspends PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra over leaked phone call

(FILES) Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (C), known by her nickname "Ung Ing" and daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, leaves after a group photo with members of the cabinet at Government House in Bangkok on September 7, 2024. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country's Constitutional Court on July 1, 2025, as it opened a probe into her conduct in a diplomatic spat with Cambodia. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/ AFP)

BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pic) from office pending an investigation over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader.

The judges voted unanimously Tuesday (July 1) to take the petition accusing her of a breach of ethics, and voted 7 to 2 to suspend her from duty.