The King might grant a Royal pardon after a short time. when you go to another country you have to obay thier rules, as they do in ours.
In Thailand you learn on your first day the reverence that the people hold thier King in, this guy seems to me was just trying to be an asshole and got caught (he´s been a guest there for ten years)
the Ten years may seem harsh, but had this been done by a Thai person the sentence is twenty years:eek:
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Swiss man admits Thai king insult