Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over ethics violations after only one year in office.

In a verdict issued on Friday, the court ruled that Ms Shinawatra violated ethical rules in the leaked phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

In the phone conversation, which leaked in June, Ms Shinawatra appeared to have criticised a Thai army commander when Thailand and Cambodia were on the brink of a conflict.

She was also heard referring to the former Cambodian prime minister as "uncle" while stating that if he "wants anything, just tell me, and I will take care of it," according to the BBC.

She criticised her army's actions in the border clashes that h...