This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
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We begin this podcast in Thailand,
where major political upheaval appears to be a regular occurrence.
Last year, the country's Prime Minister was dismissed.
The Constitutional Court has acted again today by suspending his successor,
Petong Tan Chinawat,
who's under investigation following her handling of the country's border dispute with Cambodia.
She is from the Chinawat dynasty.
Her father is a former Prime Minister and the pro-military, pro-royalist elite.
Consider the powerful family a threat to the Kingdom's traditional social order.
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The court essentially voted on two things.
One is to accept a petition that was put forward by 36 senators asking for her to be suspended after they said that she violated an ethical code,
but also asked the court to investigate a leaked phone conversation between Paetongtang Sinawat and the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen. The court voted unanimously to accept this case and to accept the petition,
but also voted with a majority of seven to two.
to suspend her.