First thing I was instructed about, upon arriving at U-Tapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield, Rayong province, was to never exercise your American freedom of speech concerning the Thai King and Queen, other than to say that ‘they look nice’.
It is not only Thai law, but even so the Royals are in the same construct of an English parliamentary system, but there, the People hold them in severe regards. The folks would just as soon slit your throat, as to turn you over to the national police, and being an American serviceman, meant nothing. No embassy could get you out of a Thai jail.
True, but our "No Sweat" Cards would keep you out of jail.
Many years ago, I knew an NCO who’d been stationed at a comms facility in Thailand. One day he was in a local establishment, dropped some change accidentally and went to stop it with his foot. He realized to his horror that it was a Thai coin, and quickly picked it up and left. Don’t mess with their king.
“No embassy could get you out of a Thai jail.”
The last place I’d look for help if I was in a Thai jail would be the US Embassy. The United States State Department pursues the interests of the United States State Department.
Sometimes those interests coincide with the interests of the United States and its people, but only sometimes.