BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court is set Wednesday to decide whether to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office on abuse of power charges, a ruling that threatens to plunge the kingdom further into turmoil.

The premier appeared at the court on Tuesday to deny allegations that she replaced the national security chief in 2011 for the benefit of her party -- an offence for which she can be sacked.

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