[4] 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.
"[5] On 19 January 2009, while wearing shackles and handcuffs, the day of the trial, Nicolaides told reporters that he would like to apologize and that he had "unqualified respect for the king of Thailand" and had not intended to insult him.
[6] Nicolaides later described the harsh conditions in the Bangkok Remand Prison, relating that he had met the suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and the Canadian child molester Christopher Neil while incarcerated.
[4] The book was described in a news release as "an uncompromising assault on the patrician values of the monarchy", and as "savage, ruthless and unforgiving" in revealing a society "obsessed with Western affluence and materialism.
[1][4] Many Western media outlets, including CNN, refused to publish the substance of the allegation for fear of reprisals against their staff.
[8] Motive Shortly after Nicolaides' release a former colleague at Mae Fah Luang University, Heath Dollar, accused the author of intentionally including the passage knowing it would violate Thai law.