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Thai PM Srettha at risk of suspension as court meets

Constitutional Court weighs accepting ethics petition from senators

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

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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