Thai PM suspended while court mulls if he defied term limits

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government has held its first official meetings under an acting prime minister, after a court ordered the suspension of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha while it considered if he violated the position’s term limits. Prayuth’s suspension is likely to only be temporary since the Constitutional Court has generally ruled in the government’s favor in a slew of political cases. Any decision to allow him to stay on risks invigorating a protest movement that has long sought to oust him and potentially opens a new chapter of turmoil in the nation’s troubled politics.