Skip to content

Thailand pardons jailed Australian writer (AFP)

Australian Harry Nicolaides is seen sitting inside a holding cell while waiting for his trial at a court in Bangkok, on January 19. Nicolaides was sentenced to three years in jail by a Thai court for insulting Thailand's revered royal family in a novel but pardoned by the king and expected to arrive home on Saturday.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP – An Australian writer jailed for insulting the Thai royal family flew home to a tearful reunion with his family on Saturday after being pardoned by the king and freed from jail.




Related Posts:

  • No Related Post

Posted in Uncategorized.

By Yahoo! News: World News
February 20, 2009

Comments Off

0 Responses

Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.