Real power remains firmly in the hands of Thailand’s traditional conservative elites, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh. SINGAPORE: It was deja vu Friday (Aug 29) in Thailand when the country’s powerful nine-member Constitutional Court sacked Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over what it ruled was an ethics violation. Ms Paetongtarn, 39, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra , the telecom tycoon who won power in a landslide in 2001 and was thrown out by the army