Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former prime minister Thaksin, has been accused her of failing to protect Thailand’s interests
Thailand’s constitutional court will decide on Friday whether suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra should be removed from office over comments she made in a leaked phone call to the former leader of Cambodia.
Paetongtarn, Thailand’s youngest prime minister, was suspended last month after a recording was leaked of her phone conversation with Hun Sen, in which they discussed a simmering border dispute between the neighbouring countries.
Critics accused her of failing to protect Thailand’s interests during the call, in which she addressed Hun Sen as “uncle”, and told him that if there were anything he wanted, she would “take care of it”. She also made critical remarks about a senior Thai military commander.
Paetongtarn, daughter of the billionaire former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, apologised for her comments, describing them a negotiating tactic.
