Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office until it rules on a petition seeking her permanent removal over alleged ethical misconduct, deepening a crisis that threatens to end her family’s over two-decade dominance of the country’s politics.
Paetongtarn is barred from exercising prime ministerial powers while the nine-member court considers the petition by a group of senators, it said in a statement. The ruling to suspend her was backed by seven out of nine judges, the court said.