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KOMPAS.com – Demonstrations in Thailand are becoming bolder to criticize the government and King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Since the absolute rule of the kingdom ended in 1932, pro-democracy activists have viewed the Thai monarchy as too close to the army.
This closeness is considered to have damaged democracy. For this reason, the demonstrations that still continue this week, among others, want to replace the law of lese majesty, which prohibits any form of insults or criticism of the king.
As well as asking Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, people also want King Maha Vajiralongkorn to relinquish personal control of the tens of billions of US dollars in palace assets that he has long assumed.
Not only is he known for being the richest king in the world with a source of wealth from the Crown Property Bureau (CPB), King Maha Vajiralongkorn also has many controversial things attributed to him.
What are some of them? Launching the Well-informed personlet’s look inside 5 controversial facts of the King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn monitoring.
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1. Spend more time in Germany than in your own country
King Maha Vajiralongkorn is said to have spent more time in Germany. He is believed to have a house on Lake Starnberg, 40 km from the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl.
Vajiralongkorn has reportedly even stayed at the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl with 20 of his concubines during the coronavirus outbreak, while most hotels in Germany have been closed due to restriction rules.
The hotel, according to Bild’s media publication, received “special permission” from the local authorities to remain open and serve King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his entourage.
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2. Having multiple wives and concubines, Vajiralongkorn suffered several violent divorces in the past.
Vajiralongkorn has the reputation of being a ‘happily married’ man, he has fathered 7 children from 3 wives.
His mother, Queen Sirikit, even described her son as resembling ‘Don Juan’ in the early 1980s.
According to his mother too, Vajiralongkorn prefers to spend weekends in the company of beautiful women rather than performing formal royal duties.
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3. The coronation of Maha Vajiralongkorn only took place 3 years after the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years.
His coronation only took place 3 years after the death of his father, who was so respected because Vajiralongkorn wanted his country to mourn his father first.
Maha Vajiralongkorn “considers it appropriate to allow a period of time for the people to pay their respects to the late King,” Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly said in an October 2016 announcement.
The coronation took place in May 2019, and it was very lively, very spectacular. Approximately 1,300 people and elephants paraded near the Grand Palace of Thailand for 6.5 hours according to South China morning post.
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4. Captured in a video that is broadcast on social networks hanging around a shopping center in Munich accompanied by an assistant.
A few years ago, a video went viral on Facebook, showing Maha Vajiralongkorn, who was still the crown prince at the time, wandering around a shopping mall in the German city of Munich.
He wears revealing clothes and jeans with a lot of tattoos on his body and arms. He was not walking alone, but was accompanied by a woman who was thought to be his assistant.
As he walked, Vajiralongkorn also seemed to be eating ice cream. Neither appearance nor gesture is considered to represent the figure of a royal member.
The video makes many people in Thailand anxious about the prospect of Maha Vajiralongkorn if he ascends the throne to become king.
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5. Three days before being crowned king, Vajiralongkorn married his former lover and bodyguard, General Suthida.
The marriage between the two took place in a surprise ceremony because the royal party had never known in advance the romantic relationship between the king and General Suthida.
In an image released by the kingdom, Suthida is shown kneeling and bowing before the king before sitting next to him signing marriage documents inside the Ampornsathan Throne Room, Bangkok.
His marriage to Suthida is his fourth marriage.
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