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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by bardworx on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:35PM (#24610313)
In the article it states that the hotel guest violated the hotel policy of bringing alcohol on premise. So the guest seems to have broken the rules and then lied about it, which in Thailand is a serious crime.

Yes, the punishment is excessive but not sure how the guest is “right”.

Your comment is cherry picking the later section while ignoring the beginning, it seems.

> According to media reports the whole drama initially started as the guest brought outside alcohol into the hotels dining outlets which wasn’t permitted. It then resulted in a verbal row between the management and this particular individual who then posted bad reviews across several review boards.

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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by gruez on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:21PM (#24611063)
>Yes, the punishment is excessive but not sure how the guest is “right”.

>Your comment is cherry picking the later section while ignoring the beginning, it seems.

I didn't claim that the guest was right. In my original comment, the only mention of "right" was in a hypothetical.

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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by interestica on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:33PM (#24611580)
What am I missing? That portion of the comment is still there in the original. And, as mentioned, it's presented as a hypothetical.
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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by CyberDildonics on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:29PM (#24611978)
> So the guest seems to have broken the rules and then lied about it, which in Thailand is a serious crime.

The article says the hotel wanted a fee for bringing in alcohol. Where are you getting that not paying a fee to bring alcohol to a hotel and lying about it would be a serious crime in thailand?

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Re:Hotel guest in Thailand jailed for defamation after posti... by jacobwilliamroy on Monday September 28, 2020 @12:36AM (#24613002)
Buying alcohol from another business is not really something to jail someone over. Especially considering the overhead of putting someone in jail with three hots and a cot. UNLESS they got this person doing some kind of slave labor, then there's a small chance the math will work out.

This is all pretty dark though and violates my own personal values. Not sure why there are so many in the comments here defending this hotel.

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