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: Most likely he'll be released and set on a
: plane to Australia.
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: According to news reports, they have
: incarcerated
: him and plan to keep him that way for three
: years.
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: Thailand is notoriously strict when it comes
: to Lèse Majesté laws. You read it in every
: guide book.
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: Perhaps it is time for them to bring their
: practice more in line with the norms of
: other constitutional monarchies. Most
: monarchies which have clung to repressive
: lese majeste laws are now republics.
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True, but many of them have gone on to introduce laws prohibiting "insults" to the national flag or anthem, accompanied with heavy fines and sentences. If they can have laws against their national symbols, the Thai's may have laws to protect their own national symbol, the King.
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