BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A senior member of the personal security retinue of Thailand’s new king has been fired and stripped of his titles, the palace has announced.
Air Vice Marshal Chitpong Thongkum, the latest royal official to publicly fall from grace, was accused of improperly using his connections to King Maha Vajiralongkorn a statement published in the Royal Gazette on Sunday said.
“His army rank has been withdrawn and his royal decorations have been rescinded,” the statement said, adding that Thongkum had “behaved in a way that brought about distrust and caused severe damage to the royal family.”
