BANGKOK: Thailand’s anti-graft agency will probe Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s controversial phone call with ex-Cambodian leader Hun Sen, according to local media reports, as her rivals seek legal recourse to force her ouster.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s decision today to launch a preliminary investigation against the embattled leader came in response to a petition by senate speaker Mongkol Surasajja, Bangkok Post reported, without saying where it got the information.
The petitioners wanted the agency to determine if the prime minister committed corruption by willfully violating the constitution or laws, or seriously breached ethical standards, the report said.