Thai PM removed from office over leaked phone call
Thai PM removed from office over leaked phone call
Hansa Rathnayaka
29-Aug-2025 14:41:51
Bangkok, Thailand – Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office, after finding her guilty of ethical misconduct over a controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader, Hun Sen.
The ruling on Friday makes Paetongtarn the fifth prime minister since 2008 to be stripped of office by Thai judges.
The powerful nine-judge bench ruled that the 39-year-old politician had failed to uphold the ethical standards required of a prime minister during her call with Hun Sen in June to discuss deadly border clashes between the two countries armies.
In the leaked conversation, Paetongtarn was heard pandering to Hun Sen and calling him “uncle”, while criticising a senior Thai army commander and describing him as an “opponent”.
Friday’s verdict is the second of three high-stakes court cases against Paetongtarn and her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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