Argh overuse use of the ellipsis, my eyes...
Anyway, I agree Kasz, it is odd how things like that get swept under the rug. I have no idea how it could happen.
But he also insists that he hasn't committed a crime. he insists it was with people his own age. But unless I read the passages in the book myself I can't exactly say what happened.
From the OP link.
"(people) should not confuse paedophilia and homosexuality", the culture minister insisted, describing his actions in Thailand as an error - "without a doubt" - but not a crime.
"Each time I was with people who were my age, or who were five years younger - there wasn't the slightest ambiguity - and who were consenting," he said.
I dunno, this case seems to complex for me to judge without knowing more about the nature of his "sex tourism" and his book.







