Thai court removes Srettha Thavisin as prime minister after less than a year

Srettha becomes fourth Thai premier to dismissed by court in 16 years, after his appointment of former lawyer who served jail time

Thailand's constitutional court on Wednesday dismissed the prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who served jail time, raising the spectre of more political upheaval and a reset of the governing alliance.

Srettha, a real-estate tycoon, becomes the fourth Thai prime minister in 16 years to be removed by verdicts of the same court, after it ruled he had violated the constitution by appointing a minister who did not meet ethical standards.