He Insulted the King

From Bangkok, Thailand, comes word that a novelist was arrested on charges he insulted the king. Accused of defaming Thailand's royal family, an Australian writer, Harry Nicolaides, age 41, was arrested at Bangkok's airport as he was about to fly home. He lived in Thailand from 2003-2005 and wrote the novel "Verisimilitude" as a commentary on political and social life of contemporary Thailand. I wonder what they are going to do with him. I am sure there will be more in the news about it. You just cannot insult a king and get away with it.