Leaked call triggers political fallout for Paetongtarn
Paetongtarn Shinawatra's future as Thai prime minister hangs by a thread after a leaked phone call with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen inflamed a border dispute and sparked a political backlash.
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Paetongtarn Shinawatra's future as Thai prime minister hangs by a thread after a leaked phone call with Cambodian strongman Hun Sen inflamed a border dispute and sparked a political backlash.
Thailand closed the Sai Taku border checkpoint with Cambodia in Buri Ram province yesterday, prompting Cambodia to retaliate by ordering the closure of two other border checkpoints, opposite Thailand’s Buri Ram and Si Sa Ket provinces, as tension between the two countries rises.
Washington, United States - President Donald Trump said Saturday the US military has carried out a "very successful attack" on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo.
The Thai Commerce Ministry has ordered the tightening of controls on the import of cassava roots and chips from Cambodia through border checkpoints, to protect local produce and to stabilise prices.
Thailand should ease political instability as quickly as possible, as the next round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations is set to begin in Bangkok next week, according to Paranee Adulyapichet, President of the European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC).
Cambodia’s Culture and Fine Arts Minister has strongly condemned the construction of a temple in Thailand’s Buriram province that replicates Angkor Wat, characterizing it as a violation of Cambodia’s cultural heritage.
United Thai Nation Party Leader Pirapan Salirathavibhagawill keep his jobs as deputy prime minister and energy minister, according to Government Spokesman JirayuHuangsap, as he explained the prime minister’s order reassigning the responsibilities of the three deputy prime ministers of the Pheu Thai party.
Thai marines, manning the border checkpoint at Ban Pak Kardin Chanthaburi, opened the gate to allow an aging Cambodian woman, suffering from a blood infection, to reach a district hospital in Thailand for emergency treatment late Friday night.
Imyada Ruanphu, 36, is well aware of how it feels to live in a clean, clutter-free home. Growing in a family-owned home-based business, she was taught to keep her surroundings clean and tidy at a tender age.
Senate Speaker Mongkol Surasajja has formally asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, for alleged gross ethical misconduct, over the leaked conversation Paetongtarn recently had with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
Palang Pracharath and United Thai Nation (UTN), two parties that trace their origins to coup leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha, appear to be in terminal decline – the usual fate of political outfits created to preserve the influence of coup-makers.
The Thai government has filed a complaint with the Cybercrime Investigation Bureau (CIB) against Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, accusing him of posing a threat to Thailand’s national security and inciting conflict following the release of a recorded conversation between him and the Thai prime minister on June 15.
The embattled prime minister travelled to the Chong Bok border pass in Ubon Ratchathani province today and met with the Second Army Region commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, whom she had referred to as an opponent of her government in a leaked audio recording of a conversation with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
Anti-government protest groups, collectively known as the “United Force of the Land”, issued a demand today for the immediate resignation of PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, whom they accuse of betraying the Thai people in favour of Cambodia and breaching of her oath of allegiance to the country.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is defying growing calls to quit after a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s former premier Hun Sen sparked suspicions that she is not serving Thailand’s interests.