‘ Big Joke ‘ aware of the latest choice
PUBLISHED: 9 Mar 2025 at 04: 00
Pol Gen Surachate” Big Joke” Hakparn, a former deputy police captain, was fired on Friday by a policeman administrative committee over his alleged role in an online gaming community.
The police agent can also appeal the ruling.
The choice brings the lengthy and bright profession of the high-profile sheriff close to an end. Pol Gen Surachate has been sidelined since August next time, when a royal order was issued to have him removed from the power, on the advice of the Police Commission.
Pol Gen Surachate next appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, which ruled in December the removal charge was officially only. All that remained to become decided was the sentence the army may impose. The fire and loss of income then await the support of the federal police commander, Pol Gen Kittharat Punpetch.
A council meeting was held on Friday, chaired by deputy federal authorities chief Pol Gen Kraibun Thuadsong, according to a police source. All of the other assistant leaders were present, but Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, an inspector-general, was unavailable, the source said.
Pol Gen Surachate afterward told the media he was aware of the latest choice. He said he wanted to review the agency’s report before deciding whether to allure more.
Pol Gen Surachate you file an appeal with the Police Ethics Protection Commission to have the fire overturned, the supply said.
If the payment facilitates the choice of the administrative committee, Pol Gen Surachate perhaps file a situation with the Supreme Administrative Court. The administrative situation may be finalised following the judge’s choice, and if he is found guilty, his police level will also be withdrawn.
Pol Gen Surachate, a high-profile number with a elegance for self-promotion, has attracted unwelcome attention over the past year because of claims that he and his four employees were involved in wealth trafficking for the BNK Master gaming system.
The former deputy chief has denied the allegations, saying they were concocted by rivals on the force to block his path to the police chief’s position.
The son of a policeman, Surachate was born in 1970 in Songkhla. After joining the force, he quickly rose through the ranks to command a local station and later moved to Bangkok to head the 191 task force. From there he moved to the tourist police before landing the top job at the Immigration Bureau in 2018, and later becoming a deputy chief.
In 2020 Pol Gen Surachate was the apparent target of gunmen who fired seven bullets into his Lexus while it was parked on Surawong Road in Bangkok. He denied the incident had been staged, saying the attack was related to the Immigration Bureau’s procurement of an expensive biometric screening system, which was recently revealed to be non-functional.
The case was never solved, and a senior officer was later dismissed over the leak of a recording in which a superior is heard telling him not to pursue the investigation. Pol Lt Gen Surachate was long considered a rising star on the police force. He was rarely out of the headlines, placing himself front and centre at the scene of high-profile cases.