Most farangs refer to Thai jail as 'the monkey house' or 'kook'. Each year hundreds of westerners, mostly men, are imprisoned by the Thai police for crimes ranging from assault to drugs. Most are lucky enough to purchase their freedom with 'persona non grata' stamped on their passport at the airport, but few are subjected to prosecution for crimes of lese majeste such as the Australian writer, Harry Nicolaides, who is serving the minimum sentence of three-years for defaming the royal family in his novel. It could have been 15 years. VERRSIMILITUDE only sold seven copies. Seven too many for the honor of Thailand, although Bangkok prison authorities have forwarded a pardon request to the Corrections Department in hopes that the petition will reach the royal palace within the next few months. The King is the father of Thailand and he is deserving of the greatest respect as the longest-serving monarch in the world as the true protector of his people.
May he live forever.
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