Hey TG
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Border dispute. There was an earlier one regarding a temple a couple of years ago.
With the most recent one, it has escalated into some live fire being exchanged. Then, there was a phone call between the PM of Thailand and the PM of Cambodia. The conversation was leaked and the PM of Thailand was very very "fawning" to the PM of Thailand. Big controversy. She has currently been suspended.
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Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday for an ethics violation after only a year in power, in another crushing blow to the Shinawatra political dynasty that could usher in a new period of turmoil.
Ms Paetongtarn, who was Thailand's youngest prime minister, becomes the sixth premier from or backed by the billionaire Shinawatra family to be removed by the military or judiciary in a tumultuous two-decade battle for power between the country's warring elites. Her father Thaksin was toppled in the 2006 coup, while her aunt Yingluck was removed from office by the Constitutional Court in early 2014, only weeks before another military coup.
In its verdict, the court said Ms Paetongtarn violated ethics in a leaked June telephone call, during which she appeared to kowtow to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen when both countries were at the brink of an armed border conflict. Fighting erupted weeks later and lasted five days.
The charter court found that under Section 170 (1)(4) in conjunction with Sections 106 (4) and (5) of the Constitution, a minister must be trustworthy, subject to scrutiny in all aspects, and must demonstrate manifest integrity.
