BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had violated rules on ethics over his appointment to cabinet of a lawyer who served time in prison. The judges were reading a verdict in a case seeking Srettha’s dismissal. They had yet to announce whether he would remain in office. He […]
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Thai court says PM Srettha violated rules on ethics in cabinet appointment
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had violated rules on ethics over his appointment to cabinet of a lawyer who served time in prison.
The judges were reading a verdict in a case seeking Srettha’s dismissal. They had yet to announce whether he would remain in office. He denies wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um, Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty)