Branch 10: Wal Street Journal Headline “Thai King Becomes Diplomatic Challenge to Germany”

The Wal Street Journal (WSJ) published a 1,000-word report on October 26 that pro-democracy protesters in Thailand, confronting the country’s powerful and secret monarchy, are heading to Germany. Discover

The influential American business and economic newspaper reported that “thousands” of people gathered at the German embassy in Bangkok. On Monday night he asked Angela Merkel’s government to verify her monarchy. He spent many seasons in Bavaria (Bayern in German) in the south of the country.

WSJ reporters in Singapore and Berlin reported that young Thai activists viewed the monarchy as an obstacle to the country’s democratic development. They made various demands on the German government, such as revealing a record of royal visits in Germany. Tax records To prove that your conduct in foreign countries has an impact on political events in Thailand. And check out that His Majesty the King is delighted to be in a foreign country as Thais are facing economic difficulties due to the Covid-19 crisis.

German Foreign Minister Mr. Haigou Answering questions at a press conference on October 26 that the German government is closely following both the assembly in Thailand and the royal ethics of the Thai king in Germany.

“If there is something that we believe is illegal it should be followed immediately.”

Earlier, on October 7, Maas responded to an issue in parliament on this matter. “We make it clear that no political action on Thailand must come from German territory.”

WSJ reports a statement from a spokeswoman for the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Unidentified His Majesty is the head of the country. “His Majesty the King, but does not rule” and performs royal duties in various ceremonies. He “does not interfere in politics and government administration. That is the responsibility of the Prime Minister and the government”

But the WSJ reported that protesters, political analysts, and many historians commented that the monarchy is part of the military leaders and nobles who control the mechanisms of true power. The army has committed several coups in the past, claiming to protect the monarchy. That endorses the overthrow of those powers

BBC Thai contacts the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Request further clarification on this matter. But I got no answer

The Financial Times (FT) reported the same day. Thousands of Thais march to a rally outside the German Embassy in Bangkok. To pressure the Berlin government to start investigating the fact that the King of Thailand runs the state government from Germany.

The FT declared that its presence in Germany had become the government’s “diplomatic issue” in Berlin. On Monday, Mas had to announce that His behavior was under surveillance. “Continually”

FT, UK’s trusted economic and trade newspaper Translate Mr Mas’s speech from German to English as “I am attentive to the behavior of the Thai King in Germany … If there is anything we consider illegal, there must be immediate action.” Mr. Mas did not specify that What is a “subsequent operation”?

The FT reports that the King spent most of last year in Germany. But most of the Thai media avoid reporting the facts on this matter. For self-censorship Not to be prosecuted under the law of lese majesty