| A 57-year-old Swiss man has pleaded guilty in a court in Thailand to charges of insulting the king. Oliver Jufer was arrested last December after drunkenly spray-painting several portraits of the monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. In court, Jufer pleaded guilty to five charges under Thailand's draconian lese majeste law. He is due to be sentenced later this month, and the maximum penalty he could face is 75 years in jail. Jufer's lawyer said the minimum sentence he faced was seven-and-a-half years.
Police reports said Jufer was drunk when the portraits were defaced on December 5th, which as the day of the King's birthday is a national holiday. Jufer, who has lived in Thailand for more than 10 years, was recorded on surveillance cameras defacing the portraits.
Goosey's Gabbings...
...and here we thought the Swiss were so docile. Shame shame! (or something)
Another foreigner had been in trouble for defacing items in Singapore-you may remember Michael Fay, who received 4 months in jail and six cane lashings for graffiti on cars. When reached for comment about Jufer's situation, Fay made this official press statement:
"Dude...you're fucked."
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