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Originally Posted by bkkandrew The book was not even published in Thailand. What right do the Thais have of scouring the world hunting evidence of lese majeste? | An outstandingly excellent point that bothered me some what. So I went and checked (wonderful thing, google). And what I came up with was:
The arrest warrant alleged Nicolaides had insulted the Thai royal family in his second book, Verisimilitude, a novel Nicolaides self-published in Thailand in 2005. www.theage.com.au - The trouble with Harry
(admittedly, so far I have not been able to corroborate the publisher)
however, perhaps more interestingly:
Yet when he published Verisimilitude three years ago, Nicolaides took the precaution of sending his book to the National Library, the Thai Ministry of Culture, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of the Royal Household to check that its contents were acceptable The trouble with Harry | theage.com.au
which is a bit difficult to reconsile with the "scouring the world to hunt for evidence". |
I'm struggling with this concept a bit, whilst I agree when in Rome do as the Romans do, and you know the law and understand the consequeces if you step out side of it, whichever country this may be. Also value the right of freedom of speech, and in context as mentioned through this thread, the guy (alledgedly)published 50 and only sold 7, hardly mass media. Let the punishment fit the crime I say, still a harsh sentence for criticising someone, or revealing the truth? if it is? And if the books so hard to get hold of, and claims no one get get copy of book are true then the implication is perhaps they may have enabled the warrant of the original manuscript sent to fore mentioned Thai offices?? In which case that concept sucks.. Still stupid thing to do, and agree if he's lived here for that period of time - he'd know for sure!
then another point... and from what I read here its also an offence to reproduce what is written?? So, I'm in US,OZ,UK where ever put something on my blog site which come to the attention of the authorities, holiday in Phuket and get holed up in Bangkok Jail under this law..??? Surely can't be right, is that whats implied given the book aledgedly was published outside of TL.
nb- yet to find the original text written by the bloke. links don't work