Subject: CASE STUDY- A hard lesson in culture
Date: 95-02-17 06:47:10 EST
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= = =  A good reason NOT to piss-off people you don't know :-)

        Seriously.  Part of your advance to foreign destinations should be
a review of the laws/customs of the area.  Lots of valuable information
is available from the US State Department Consular Affairs Section.

        In some Moslem countries, saying the wrong thing could get you or
your protectee a death sentence.  In this case it almost got a Frenchman
20 years in a Thai PRISON.
++++++++++++++++++++++


>Thailand, Feb 15 - A French businessman was acquitted by a Bangkok
>criminal court on Wednesday of a charge of lese majeste, or insulting the
>monarchy, a court official said. 
>
>    Leck Kisielewicz was detained in December when he stepped off a Thai
>Airways flight from London. According to Bangkok newspapers, two prominent
>members of the Thai royal family were on the same flight. 
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>    The court cleared Kisielewicz after he admitted making impolite remarks
>during the flight, the court official said. 
>
>    He was judged to have made the remarks unwittingly and without intending
>to insult the monarchy, the official said. 
>
>    Insulting a member of Thailand's revered royal family is a criminal
>offence that could send an offender to prison for more than 20 years. 
--
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