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Thai king fires 6 palace officials for ‘extremely evil’ deeds, days after stripping consort of titles
- Two royal guards and another four were dismissed for ‘severe disciplinary misconduct’
- The shake-up comes days after King Maha Vajiralongkorn sacked his royal consort for being ‘disloyal’
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Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has dismissed six palace officials for “extremely evil” conduct, a palace announcement said on Wednesday, in a shake-up that comes days after the sacking of the king’s royal consort.
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The six included “a nurse at the bedroom guard service”, a veterinarian and two royal guards.
Two separate announcements published in the official royal gazette accused the six of severe disciplinary misconduct that caused harm to the royal service, and said they had been fired and stripped of all their official ranks.
“The king has ordered their dismissal from royal service … because of their severe disciplinary misconduct and deeds that are considered extremely evil,” one of the announcements said.
Their “evil actions” included “exploiting their official positions for their own or other people’s gain”.
Reuters was unable to reach the six officials for comment.
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Former royal consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was stripped of her titles in an extraordinary announcement on Monday, just months after the king made her his royal noble consort – the first such appointment in almost a century.
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