Australian Writer arrested in Bangkok, Thailand on Lese-Majeste charges - Insulting Thai Royalty
An Australian writer was arrested on Sunday on his attempted departure at Bangkok’s airport. The Australian man faces a lese-majeste charges for a book he wrote in 2005 insulting Thailand’s Royal family.
The Australian embassy identified the Australian man as a 41 year old Harry Nicolaides from Melbourne, Australia, who was shocked there was an arrest warrant out for him when he tried to fly out from Bangkok, Thailand to Australia.
Lese-majeste is a crime that can carry a jail sentence of up to 15 years in Thailand.
Police identified the book written as “Verisimilitude” with a published dated of June 2005.
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