Thai court says PM Srettha violated rules on ethics in cabinet appointment

Reuters

August 14, 2024 at 4:27 a.m.

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrives to welcome Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Government House in Bangkok

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)

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