...I barely got out of Thailand with my bitcoins intact...Fortunately I had a backup that I split among family members because all of my cryptosteel was on the seastead...
Any wonder why they decided that your tiny pied-a-mer was a threat to Thai sovereignty and threatened you with death? It would have been an interesting interrogation if they'd caught you.
What's a $5 wrench compared to a navy and a firing squad?
Sovereignty was just an excuse.
Yes, we know the reason now.
You are right. It had absolutely nothing to do with sovereignty.