Zaid: Thai court has 'teeth', M'sian institutions 'shackled' by design
In an X post today, Zaid referenced the decision made by Thailand's Constitutional Court to suspend Paetongtarn from duty pending deliberation of a case involving her controversial leaked phone call with Cambodia's leader, Hun Sen.
Zaid said that while the constitutional court in Thailand exercises...
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