Thai PM Srettha at risk of suspension as court meets

Constitutional Court weighs accepting ethics petition from senators

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, welcomes Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on May 21. There are rumblings that a move to oust Srettha might have been timed to coincide with his absence from Thailand. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP) © AP

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Constitutional Court is expected to decide on Thursday whether to accept a petition from senators to terminate Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, accusing him of breaching moral and ethical standards.

In the worst-case scenario, the court could accept the petition and suspend Srettha while it deliberates.

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