Bangkok, July 1 -- Thailand's constitutional court has officially accepted a petition against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over suspected breach of the Constitution and ruled to suspend her from duty, pending an investigation over a leaked phone call with a former Cambodian leader, reports Nation Thailand.
The judges voted unanimously on Tuesday to take the petition accusing her of a breach of ethics and voted seven to two to suspend her from duty.
Paetongtarn has faced growing dissatisfaction in the country over her handling of Thailand's latest border dispute with Cambodia, involving an armed confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed.
The group of senators asked the court to remove Paetongtarn as...