Overview

• The Constitutional Court meets July 1 to consider a case accusing Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of dishonesty and ethical breaches tied to a June 15 phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen
• If the court accepts the petition it can immediately suspend her under charter rules while it conducts months-long deliberations
• The leaked call saw her address Hun Sen as “uncle” and criticize a Thai general, triggering nationalist protests at Bangkok’s Victory Monument
• The Bhumjaithai Party’s exit over the scandal slashed her coalition majority and raises the threat of a no-confidence motion in parliament
• Her father, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, is set to face lese-majeste charges this week carrying up to 15 years in prison