Thai prime minister sacked for ethics violation after leaked phone call

Thailand's prime minister has been sacked after a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian politician caused outrage.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was Thailand's youngest PM, has been dismissed from office after only a year in power.

Thailand's Constitutional Court found Ms Shinawatra violated ethics in a leaked June telephone call, during which she appeared to kowtow to Cambodia's former leader as the bordering countries were on the verge of an armed conflict.

Fighting erupted weeks later and lasted five days.

Ms Shinawatra, who was a newbie to politics when she took office in August last year, has apologised over the call, saying she was trying to avert a war.

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