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Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who is suspended from her duties due to the leak of an audio in which she allegedly questioned the Army, appeared this Thursday before the Constitutional Court to present her defense.
Paetongtarn, who turns 39 today and took office just over a year ago, appeared in court, in northern Bangkok, to present her testimony due to the leak of a recording of a phone call on June 18 between her and the influential Cambodian politician Hun Sen, who published the audio on Facebook.
During today's hearing, the Secretary-General of the National Security Council, Chatchai Bangchuad, will also testify.
In the approximately 17-minute audio, the Prime Minister referred to Hun Sen as "uncle," as a sign of respect, and labeled Lieutenant General Boonsin Phadklang, who leads a command stationed on the border with Cambodia, as an "opponent."
Paetongtarn, who admitted that it is her real voice and publicly apologized for the audio, assures that with her words she was trying to reduce the tension on the border between both countries that had risen since the end of March as a result of a brief confrontation between the Armies in which a Cambodian soldier died.
