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Can Germany expel Thai King Rama X? A new report now says: Yes!
The Left Party had commissioned the Bundestag’s Scientific Service. The Thai king is known for beating his people. People suffer repression. And the monarch himself has a dissolute lifestyle.
In essence, the discussion is about the question of whether Maha Vajiralongkorn (68) aka King Rama X. rules his country – possibly illegally – from German soil.
Maha Vajiralongkorn and one of her lovers once while shopping in a Bavarian department store
Photo: private
The fact is that Rama X. spends much of his time in Bavaria, owns a villa in Tutzing on Lake Starnberg and even stayed at a luxury hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen during the Corona closure in spring, despite the prohibition of accommodation.
The report now says: As a last resort (as a last resort), the expulsion of the king in case of legal violations is POSSIBLE.
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, accredited diplomats could be declared undesirable and expelled. “This regulation can also be applied in an analogous way to all other state bodies that are in the host country,” the experts said.
Federal Chancellor Heiko Maas (54, SPD) recently threatened the king with consequences if illegal behavior was found during his stay in Bavaria. “Of course, I also have in view the events of the Thai king in Germany,” said the SPD politician. “And if there are things there that we perceive to be illegal, then this will have immediate consequences.”
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Photo: Odd Andersen / dpa
However, the expulsion would not be easy because: Gathering evidence against the king is very difficult. According to the expert opinion, Rama X. is considered the head of state and not a “private person” during his stay in Germany.
▶ ︎ Critics: “As such, the monarch enjoys full functional and personal immunity under customary law abroad because he represents the ‘dignity of the state’ in his person.”
And further: “Legal (mandatory) measures (eg telephone surveillance, quarantine, fines, etc.) against titular foreign heads of state who are in Germany are not permitted by international law.”
The Thai King’s Villa in Tutzing
Photo: Ursula Düren / dpa
The king’s stays in Germany are also being discussed in the anti-government protests in Thailand that go on for months. In a letter to the German ambassador in Bangkok, Georg Schmidt, protesters recently asked that it be verified whether the king was fulfilling his official duties on foreign soil. However, according to his own statements, the Foreign Ministry has not yet had any “reliable evidence” of illegal behavior.
Maha Vajiralongkorn has been in Thailand since mid-October. It is expected to remain there at least until the end of the year.
The left now demands that the king be completely denied permission to stay in Germany. “Anyone who, like the Thai king, brutally beats the democratic movement with the military junta should not be rewarded by the federal government with a visa for a luxurious permanent stay in Germany,” declared Bundestag deputies Sevim Dagdelen and Heike Hänsel.
“The federal government can no longer welcome the despot Rama X. and must work to freeze the EU negotiations on a free trade agreement with Thailand.”
