Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen a... The Guardian

Thai PM apologises over leaked call with Hun Sen as crisis threatens to topple government

The Guardian June 19, 2025

<p>In the phone call, Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra discusses a border dispute with former Cambodian leader and calls him ‘uncle’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/thailand">Thailand’</a>s prime minister, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/16/paetongtarn-shinawatra-thailand-pm-replacement-voting-thaksin-shinawatra">Paetongtarn Shinawatra</a>, apologised on Thursday for a leaked phone call with former <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/cambodia">Cambodian </a>leader Hun Sen that provoked widespread anger and threatened to break up her ruling coalition.</p><p>As pressure grew on Thursday, Paetongtarn apologised at a news conference alongside military chiefs and senior figures from her Pheu Thai party.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/thai-prime-minister-paetongtarn-shinawatra-apologises-phone-leak-crisis-cambodia-hun-sen">Continue reading...</a>

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