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Quote by: jose 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)

You're right - anybody who sets foot in Thailand knows from the first minute they're there that the king is sacred to them. He should have known that better than anyone.

But in the end it's just drunken vandalism. We've all done dumb stuff when we were drunk...

I think you're right that the courts are trying to send a message with this conviction - foreigners, respect our king. And that the king will probably pardon him. So the country sends its message, the king gets to look merciful, the Swiss guy gets to go live his days out having drunken sex with Thai ladyboys... everyone wins.