There are protests in Bangkok and calls for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to resign, after her phone call with the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked. It’s also led to a major coalition partner pulling out of the fragile government led by the Pheu Thai Party. Dr Punchada Sirivunnabood, professor of political science at Thailand’s Mahidol University tells Asia News Week’s Yvonne Yong why the private conversation was so controversial.
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