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Nicholas Harry - lese majeste?

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03-Sep-2008 14:27
by: JamesDean

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Nicholas Harry - lese majeste?

the bangkokpundit.blogspot.com site just reported that some australian teacher was arrested for lese majeste. does anybody know anything about this?

http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/

Posted
03-Sep-2008 17:24
by: wwdubbel

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Registered: 16/05/03

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Your question is answered in the same blog under "Related Posts by Categories".
http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/australian-arrested-on-lese-majeste.html?showComment=1220412240000

Bangkok Post on Lese Majeste Cases:
"Article 112 of the Criminal Code was crafted by our legal minds more than five decades ago, with the intention of protecting the monarchy from any individual who defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the heir-apparent or the Regent. The maximum penalty is imprisonment of up to 15 years."

Posted
03-Sep-2008 17:28
by: HenningWessel

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Couldn't find it. What did the English teacher do?

Posted
03-Sep-2008 17:54
by: Forfooksake

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He was in trouble a few yeras back. Something to do with a book he wrote entitled Verisimiltude.

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Posted
03-Sep-2008 18:05
by: dragonc

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The Thai press will not publish details as doing so is also Lese Majesty.

Posted
03-Sep-2008 18:13
by: HenningWessel

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So it's a black hole you fall into once you've been accused?

Posted
03-Sep-2008 18:56
by: Chanchao

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Sounds like a huge can of worms... also taking on the missionaries..

http://www.akha.org/content/bookreviews/verisimilitude.html

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Posted
03-Sep-2008 19:02
by: FatalDistraction

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Sounds like a huge can of worms.
so should be in the markets for dinner

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Posted
04-Sep-2008 00:11
by: Forfooksake

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On Sept 2, Harry Nicolaides, 41, was arrested by Thai police while he was waiting for his flight at the airport’s departure lounge in an attempt to flee the country, according to Immigration Police Commander Pol Lt Gen Chatchawan Suksomchit. He was sent to the Crime Suppression Division for detention and prosecution.

A media release for his novel, Verisimilitude, which is believed to be the cause of his arrest, reads ‘In 2003 Harry Nicolaides relocated to live in Thailand for two years. He worked as lecturer in Social Psychology at The Prince of Songkhla University in Phuket, where he taught for over a year. He drove across Thailand from south to north and gathered material for his new book. He is currently a lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality at Mae Fah Luang University in Northern Thailand and living in the heart of the Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai.’

Thailand’s lèse majesté offence carries a penalty of 3-15 years in prison. Repeating the content of the lèse majesté charge constitutes another lèse majesté offence.

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Posted
04-Sep-2008 01:13
by: callippo

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Registered: 12/07/04

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[i]The American soldiers may have left Thailand after the Vietnam War
but today, in VERISIMILITUDE, they have been replaced by hyperbolic
Evangelical missionaries, church planting with [b]George Bush”s money.[/i][/b]

how accurate is this statement from the Akha link?

I'm not American but I was under the impression that federal money - and I assume that's what this writer means, not George Bush's private donation - cannot be used to fund religious activities, such as worship, instruction, or proselytization. Or does this not apply outside the US? Do the US government really fund these groups?

Posted
22-Nov-2008 22:26
by: abdelnaby

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Registered: 29/01/08

10

Is this guy still incarcerated?

Abdel

Posted
23-Nov-2008 02:35
by: Forfooksake

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Still on remand he was officially charged on 20 Nov.Thursday and remanded back in custody to face court on January 19.

Hit me with your shovel Mick..C'est si bon, mm? Ist es nicht

Posted
23-Nov-2008 09:45
by: abdelnaby

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Registered: 29/01/08

12

All for a few lines in an English-language book that nobody read?

Abdel

Posted
23-Nov-2008 16:30
by: Mike_N

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Registered: 11/08/02

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apparently he submitted the draft to the royal household for approval, they did n't say anything at the time so he assumed it was OK, then years later he gets arrested for a book that only sold about 50 copies (according to his family's side of the story)

Posted
15-Jan-2009 14:13
by: davelliot

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Registered: 15/01/03

14

Another case -

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