Thai prime minister suspended from office after phone call leaks

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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday after a phone call between her and former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked.

A petition for the prime minister’s dismissal was launched after the public heard the call, which Sen said he suspects was leaked by one of his staff members. Shinawatra appeared to act as a Cambodian ally during the chat, calling Sen, a friend of her father, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, “uncle,” and telling him that anything he needs, “just let [her] know, [she’ll] take care of it.”

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