Overview

• Paetongtarn Shinawatra answered judges’ questions behind closed doors under a court order that bans reporting on her testimony.
• The Constitutional Court will deliver its decision on Aug. 29 and has kept Paetongtarn suspended since July 1 pending the ethics ruling.
• The case stems from a leaked June call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen in which she used familiar language and criticized a Thai commander, prompting outrage and a coalition partner’s exit.
• Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai defended her conduct as a good-faith effort to avoid conflict, while the National Security Council chief testified as her witness.
• The controversy followed deadly Thai-Cambodian border clashes that killed dozens and displaced hundreds of thousands, as Thaksin Shinawatra faces a lese-majeste verdict on Friday and a separate detention-related ruling in the weeks ahead.