Read Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake

Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake

Books LLC

4.9/5 (21356 ratings)

Description:Chapters: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harry Nicolaides (born 1967 or 1968) is an Australian writer of Greek-Cypriot origin imprisoned in Thailand under the Thai lese majeste law, for a passage in a 2005 novel of his deemed to defame the Thai monarchy. On January 19, 2009 he was sentenced to three years in prison. He was pardoned on February 21, after having spent six months in a Thai prison. In 2002 Nicolaides had published Concierge Confidential, a collection of fictional short stories based on his experience of having worked for seven years as chief concierge at Melbourne's Rydges Hotel. He lived in Thailand from 2003 to 2005, working as a teacher in the northern Thai city Chiang Rai. Nicolaides later also lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, and wrote an article about the country as he perceived it, for The New Statesman. The Thai law, section 112, reads: "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years." Nicolaides was arrested at the Bangkok airport on August 31, 2008 while preparing to board a plane to Australia, apparently unaware of a March arrest warrant. Wearing shackles and handcuffs on January 19, 2009, the day of the trial, Nicolaides told reporters that he would like to apologise and that he had "unqualified respect for the king of Thailand" and had not intended to insult him. He added "I was aware there were obscure laws (about the monarchy) but I didn't think they would apply to me." He pleaded guilty and due to this confession a six year prison sentence was reduced to three years, the minimum sentence under the law. He later described the harsh conditions in the Bangkok Reman...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2116735We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake. To get started finding Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 22

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Books LLC

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1158260687

Description: Chapters: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Harry Nicolaides (born 1967 or 1968) is an Australian writer of Greek-Cypriot origin imprisoned in Thailand under the Thai lese majeste law, for a passage in a 2005 novel of his deemed to defame the Thai monarchy. On January 19, 2009 he was sentenced to three years in prison. He was pardoned on February 21, after having spent six months in a Thai prison. In 2002 Nicolaides had published Concierge Confidential, a collection of fictional short stories based on his experience of having worked for seven years as chief concierge at Melbourne's Rydges Hotel. He lived in Thailand from 2003 to 2005, working as a teacher in the northern Thai city Chiang Rai. Nicolaides later also lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, and wrote an article about the country as he perceived it, for The New Statesman. The Thai law, section 112, reads: "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to fifteen years." Nicolaides was arrested at the Bangkok airport on August 31, 2008 while preparing to board a plane to Australia, apparently unaware of a March arrest warrant. Wearing shackles and handcuffs on January 19, 2009, the day of the trial, Nicolaides told reporters that he would like to apologise and that he had "unqualified respect for the king of Thailand" and had not intended to insult him. He added "I was aware there were obscure laws (about the monarchy) but I didn't think they would apply to me." He pleaded guilty and due to this confession a six year prison sentence was reduced to three years, the minimum sentence under the law. He later described the harsh conditions in the Bangkok Reman...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2116735We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake. To get started finding Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake

Recipients of Thai Royal Pardons: Harry Nicolaides, Sandra Gregory, Nola Blake

More Books

This American Life Personalities: David Rakoff, Dan Savage, David Sedaris, John Hodgman, Sarah Vowell, IRA Glass, Jon Ronson, Julia Sweeney

This American Life Personalities: David Rakoff, Dan Savage, David Sedaris, John Hodgman, Sarah Vowell, IRA Glass, Jon Ronson, Julia Sweeney

Quantum Mind: Roger Penrose, Orch-Or, David Bohm, David Chalmers, Shadows of the Mind, Stuart Hameroff, Karl H. Pribram, Holonomic B

Quantum Mind: Roger Penrose, Orch-Or, David Bohm, David Chalmers, Shadows of the Mind, Stuart Hameroff, Karl H. Pribram, Holonomic B

Tamil History: History of Tamil Nadu, Sources of Ancient Tamil History, Economy of Ancient Tamil Country, Pandyan Dynasty, Puli Thevar

Tamil History: History of Tamil Nadu, Sources of Ancient Tamil History, Economy of Ancient Tamil Country, Pandyan Dynasty, Puli Thevar

Punjabi Poets: Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Amrita Pritam, Sangtar, Sultan Bahu, Ishar Singh, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bulleh Shah

Punjabi Poets: Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Amrita Pritam, Sangtar, Sultan Bahu, Ishar Singh, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Bulleh Shah

Works by Octavia Butler

Works by Octavia Butler

Entebbe (Balfour Books, LLC)

Entebbe (Balfour Books, LLC)

Works by Chuck Palahniuk (Study Guide): Books by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Novels by Chuck Palahniuk

Works by Chuck Palahniuk (Study Guide): Books by Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Novels by Chuck Palahniuk

Sri Lankan Tamil History: Origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Dutch Period in Ceylon, Sri Lanka and State Terrorism

Sri Lankan Tamil History: Origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Dutch Period in Ceylon, Sri Lanka and State Terrorism

Malayalam Writers: M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Gireesh Puthenchery, Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Nettur P. Damodaran, M. N. Vijayan, Kamala Surayy

Malayalam Writers: M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Gireesh Puthenchery, Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Nettur P. Damodaran, M. N. Vijayan, Kamala Surayy