Thai PM suspended with case in motion to dismiss her
發佈日期: 2025-07-01 20:28
TVB News
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended by the country's Constitutional Court.
She is barred from office while an investigation takes place over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader.
Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit will take over as acting prime minister.
Shinawatra had climbed down and apologised for appearing to kowtow to Cambodia's former leader Hun Sen.
Now, the constitutional court suspends her in a 7-2 vote after accepting a petition from 36 senators which accuses the 38-year-old leader of dishonesty and breaching ethics.
Paetongtarn insists she acted in the best interest of Thailand.
"My intentions, 100 percent, were to protect our sovereignty, to protect the lives of soldiers," she said after the court ruling.
"I'm very confident about that, but my methods pleased some and upset others."
Associated Press correspondent in Bangkok Tian Macleod Ji added: "Paetongtarn said after the court order that she would accept the process and would do her best to defend herself, as she had no other intentions but to protect the country and preserve peace. She also thanked her supporters and apologised to people who got upset over the leaked call.
The pressure had been mounting on the daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Paetongtarn's suspension came on the back of huge street protests over the weekend.
Mostly nationalist conservatives calling for her to resign.
In the recorded call, she called Hun Sen "uncle" which Macleod Ji says was the final straw for many: "Paetongtarn has faced growing dissatisfaction over her handling of the latest border dispute with Cambodia, involving an armed confrontation on May 28th
in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.
The leaked phone call while she engaged in diplomacy over the border dispute set off a string of complaints and public protests.
Paetongtarn became Thailand's youngest prime minister in August, then 37.
But less than a year in, her tenure is tenuous.
she's already being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Paetongtarn is the third prime minister from her family.
Her aunt, Yingluck, the first woman to lead the country of more than 70 million in 2011.
Her father, billionaire Thaksin, was ousted by a military coup in 2006, although remains popular among many.
The court has given Paetongtarn 15 days to present her case and prove that she did nothing wrong and is up to to the job of leading Thailand.
