Thailand's Constitutional Court was due to meet on Tuesday to consider a petition seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, as pressure mounts on a government battling to survive and under fire on multiple fronts.

Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended the country's prime minister while it deliberates on a case that could end in her dismissal. The case was brought by a group of Thai senators who say she breached ethical standards during a leaked phone call with Cambodia's de facto leader.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of ethical lapses in a conversation with the Cambodian leader Hun Sen and has faced calls to resign.