DEAR AUSTRALIA: Thank you for all your support but the Australian public didn't see the whole story of what happened to me. I'm still in total shock and being called a terrorist is hardly something to be boosting about to the world, when people have been killed or injured - That's the REAL issue..
THE STORY: So basically many social media outlets released my photo in Thailand saying that I was a suspected terrorist as I looked like the suspect in question. All my private information from immigration was leaked online and people were looking for me - They even knew my home address. There's a lot that the Australian media didn't report. I then had a number of death threats online and people asking me, "why did you do this to Thailand," - It was viral here !!! So I then went to police station and at that time they believed I was that person. I used social media as a platform to protect myself and to let my family know where I was as I had no idea what was happening. I didn't have phone credit to call my parents and the police couldn't speak English. I was scared fucking shitless and was waiting for a translator. You have no idea about the trauma and how scared I was. Thai police are very different from Australian police and it's a total different culture. I don't speak the language fluently and have very little understanding of the legal system here. I understand how people see it as vacuous but posting a Selfie online was the best way to protect myself and to share any evidence incase something went wrong. I had to protect myself the best way I knew how. The police searched my house and released the CV TV footage. You just never know what might happened to you in Asia - This is not Australia. I don't care about these malicious terrorist rumours because Thailand needs your help. There is a lot that you didn't see. Body parts and heads all over the crime scene - It's sick what happened in an area very close to my home. People fucking died and are injured which is much more important than a stupid male model with a weird voice. Life moves on and I hope this story dies fast. I hope the media now focuses on supporting Thailand and making sure it's tourism stays afloat. Thailand is a still a safe country and it shouldn't stop you from coming here. It's my home!!