Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party on Wednesday withdrew from Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's government in a major blow to the embattled premier, leaving her ruling coalition with only a slim majority.

The move by the Bhumjaithai party followed the leak of a recorded phone call between PM Paetongtarn and Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen.

The second largest party in Thailand's ruling coalition withdrew from the government on Wednesday, citing a leaked phone call between the country’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pictured in a file photo) and Hun Sen,