On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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 Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure how much sympathy we can be expected to have for this guy.
Granted, I probably have a couple of marxist books in my collection that would run me afoul of Korea's national-security laws, if someone really wanted to make an issue of it.
However, one thing I am definitely not going to do is type up a manuscript about how Korea needs to reunite under the fatherly leadership of Kim Jong-il, publish that manuscript, and try my luck hawking it around Gwangju. That's just asking for trouble.
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Social activists like Sulak Sivaraksa were charged with the crime in the 1980s and 1990s because they allegedly criticized the King, he was eventually acquitted.[5]. Several high-profile cases were dropped. In September 2006, the leaders of a military coup accused prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of l�se majest�; the Thai military is thought to be highly loyal to the king.[6] Although the King is held in great respect by many Thais, he is also protected by l�se majest� laws which allow defamatory persons to be jailed for 3 to 15 years.
Frenchman Lech Tomasz Kisielewicz who in 1995 allegedly committed l�se majest� by making a derogatory remark about a Thai princess while on board a Thai Airways flight in international airspace was taken into custody upon landing in Bangkok and charged with offending the monarchy. He was detained for two weeks, released on bail, and acquitted after writing a letter of apology to king Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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Nicolaides should probably have done a bit more research about these laws before publishing. Especially seeing as how me claims to be enough of an expert on Thailand to write a book about it.
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