The Latest Breaking News from Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Srettha becomes the fourth Thai prime minister in 16 years to be removed by the kingdom’s Constitutional Court.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office after he was accused by former senators of breaching ethics rules by appointing a lawyer with a criminal conviction to his cabinet. The Thai parliament is set to vote for Srettha's replacement this Friday.

Thailand’s ruling party has selected as its leader the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, the country’s divisive former prime minister, highlighting the family’s continuing influence more than two decades after Thaksin entered politics

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has undergone surgery and is in the process of recovery according to his daughter Paetongtarn, who said on Tuesday she does not know how long he must remain in hospital.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Tuesday her father Thaksin would stay at the Police General Hospital, not move to a private hospital, but she was worried about his heart condition.

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter says he is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, as criticism grows of his transfer to a hospital just hours after he began serving an eight-year prison sentence

The former prime minister has returned after 15 years and was immediately jailed, while his party has aligned with the military establishment he opposed for years

Older rural voters swept him to power and many still support him despite his arrest on arrival

Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after years of self-imposed exile as a party affiliated with him plans to start forming a new government.