Aust man refused bail for insulting Thai King
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A 41-year-old Australian man in Thailand has been charged for insulting the King.
Harry Nicolaides from Melbourne was arrested in Bangkok on Sunday as he arrived in the country.
He has been visiting Thailand since 2003 and has written a book which mentions members of the royal family.
Mr Nicolaides graduated from La Trobe University in 1988 and is also a blogger.
More recently he was a teacher in hospitality at the Mae Fah Luang University in the northern Thai town of Chiang Rai.
The ABC understands Mr Nicolaides was refused bail and is currently in the Bangkok Remand Centre.
Thailand has some of the strongest lese majeste laws in the world.
