What's in the news...
We spend a lot of time looking through various publications for ideas to enhance GreatGapYears. Below are some snippets of news items that we found interesting in the last month or two:
Swiss Man Jailed for Insulting King of Thailand
A man has been jailed for ten years for insulting the King of Thailand.
Oliver Jufer, 57, from Switzerland, who had been drinking at home, was annoyed to find all the bars closed in honour of the King's 79th birthday. In anger he defaced 5 posters of the King with black spray paint.
Jufer, who had retired to Thailand, was given the option of a suspended sentence by doing community service, but he refused, stating: "I'd rather go home to Switzerland."
Oliver Jufer, 57, from Switzerland, who had been drinking at home, was annoyed to find all the bars closed in honour of the King's 79th birthday. In anger he defaced 5 posters of the King with black spray paint.
Jufer, who had retired to Thailand, was given the option of a suspended sentence by doing community service, but he refused, stating: "I'd rather go home to Switzerland."
