An Australian writer has been sentenced to 3 years in prison in Thailand for making negative comments about the Thai royal family. And while he only had a couple of sentences in passing about the royal family in his fictitious novel, the government was not impressed. So, they arrested him four years after the novel was published.

And while he only sold 7 copies of his novel, apparently the books fell into the wrong hands. I wonder if his book sales will go up now?

Of course, I am probably now in eminent danger for even writing about the event.  Let freedom ring!