Harry Nicolaides from Melbourne, Australia, was shocked there was an arrest warrant out for him when he tried to fly out from Bangkok to Australia

Australian Writer arrested in Bangkok, Thailand on Lese-Majeste charges - Insulting Thai RoyaltyAn Australian writer was arrested on Sunday on his departure at Bangkok’s airport. The Australian man faces a lese-majeste charges for a book he wrote in 2005 insulting Thailand’s Royal family.The Australian embassy identified the Australian man as a 41 year old Harry Nicolaides from Melbourne, Australia, who was shocked there was an arrest warrant out for him when he tried to fly out from Bangkok to Australia.Lese-majeste is a crime that can carry a jail sentence of up to 15 years in Thailand.Police identified the book written as “Verisimilitude” with a published dated of June 2005.