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Thai court removes prime minister over cabinet appointment

Ruling that Srettha Thavisin violated ethical standards follows tensions between his party and conservative establishment

Thailand’s constitutional court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over a cabinet appointment it said violated ethical standards, throwing the country into fresh political upheaval.

Srettha’s removal on Wednesday came less than a year after he took over as premier of south-east Asia’s second-biggest economy and just a week after the same court dissolved Thailand’s main opposition party, Move Forward, for advocating changes to the country’s lèse majesté law.

The court ruling followed tensions between Srettha’s Pheu Thai party — which is controlled by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra — and the conservative establishment.

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