Thai court ousts three ministers found guilty of sedition - Newspaper

This file photo shows Thai Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan. — AP
BANGKOK: Three cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts on Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power.
The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with about two dozen other defendants in a case that was launched in 2018.
Nataphol was among 10 cabinet member who survived a no-confidence vote on Saturday over their performance in the current government. The verdicts can be appealed to a higher court but under the law the cabinet ministers must relinquish their jobs immediately.

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