Thai court suspends Prime Minister PaetongtarnーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
thailand’s constitutional court suspended Prime Minister Pong Tan Chinawat from duty on Tuesday as it proceeds with a petition demanding her resignation over a leaked phone call the court said it had accepted a petition from 36 senators accusing Patong Tan of violating ethical standards stipulated in the constitution over the call her premiership is suspended pending the final ruling and a deputy prime minister is expected to step in as caretaker i need to apologize to every Thai fellow citizen who felt uncomfortable on this matter or got angry i myself would like to confirm again that I intended to really do things for the nation pat Hongan has been facing backlash after her phone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hunen was leaked during their talk about border disputes she seemed to disparage a Thai army commander the court order adds to political turmoil over the government’s handling of the border issues with Cambodia and the phone call thousands of protesters gathered over the weekend demanding that Pat Hongan step down the latest survey shows that fewer than 10% of respondents thought she was suitable as a leader inspectors in Thailand have concluded their probe into the collapse of a Bangkok highrise during a March earthquake the disaster which killed over 90 was blamed due to design and construction flaws the 30story building was the only structure in the capital to crumble in the massive March 28th earthquake centered in Myanmar the Thai government announced the findings on Monday it said elevator shaft and stairwell walls were improperly designed and built substandard concrete was also to blame the project was a joint venture between a major tie builder and a local subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned company police have charged multiple company executives and related individuals for negligence the findings will be handed over to police investigators for further legal proceedings turning to the Philippines a court in Manila has ruled that a former mayor is undoubtedly a Chinese citizen and disqualified her from holding public office alice Go served as mayor of Bamban town on Lusen Island from 2022 until 2024 but she was suspected of actually being a Chinese national a government lawyer petitioned the court to challenge her eligibility for the post due to nationality the court on Friday identified her as a Chinese citizen named Go Hua Ping based on the results of examination and analysis of her fingerprints the court said she was nothing more than a usurper of the office go fled from the country amid speculation about her nationality last year but she was arrested in Indonesia and deported to the Philippines accused of misconduct including raft and corruption Go is suspected of having ties to an illegal online casino catering to Chinese clients while in office the casino allegedly engaged in human trafficking and investment scams she denies the allegations wraps up a bulletin i’m Chalopan ruler in Bangkok
July 1 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 Thai court suspends Prime Minister Paetongtarn
01:16 Design flaws blamed for deadly Bangkok building collapse
02:07 Philippine court rules ex-mayor is a Chinese citizen
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