Police chief expectations will rise as the departure is suddenly announced.
Discussed: 16 Aug 2024 at 20: 38
With the standard news of his departure from the army, any hope that Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn might have had of becoming the federal police chief this year has vanished.
The high-profile official known as” Big Joke” was removed from his position due to a pending investigation of a major breach of discipline, said the statement. The decree was effective from April 18 onward.
The Royal Gazette news, countersigned by Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, even stated that a royal command to reject Pol Gen Surachate under Sections 140 and 179 of the Royal Thai Police Act Get 2565, and Police Commission laws, had been issued.
Pol Gen Surachate is disqualified from being considered as a member for federal police chief as a result of the departure. The present captain, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, will leave on Sept 30.
The expulsion order stems from claims that Pol Gen Surachate was a part of an online gaming community, which are still being looked into. In June, the Police Commission affirmed the purchase with a vote of 12: 0.
He then appealed to the Police Commanders’ Merit System Protection Commission. However, the percentage agreed that the order was reasonable and ideal on August 5.
One more legitimate card is left for Pol Gen Surachate to play. He has filed a complaint against the purchase with the Supreme Court, according to Pol Gen Ek Aungsananon, a part of the Police Commission.
According to Pol Gen Ek, the expulsion order may be voided if the court decides in his favor, allowing him to become reinstated as deputy national authorities key.
The Supreme Court wo n’t say when or if the case will be considered.
Pol Gen Surachate has asserted on numerous times that he was the front-runner to Pol Gen Torsak as the leader. He has stated that the accusations of legal action are a part of his battle against him.
After the latter was chosen as general despite having less rank than any other member, a long-running conflict between loyalties to Pol Gen Surachate and Pol Gen Torsak grew even more so. Pol Gen Torsak is the Crown Property Bureau’s mind, Lord Chamberlain, and ACM Satitpong Sukvimol’s sibling.
In March, then-prime secretary Srettha Thavisin moved both officers generals to inert positions pending the outcome of an inspection because the conflict became such a diversion for the force.
The research report stated that investigations into alleged crime were up to other bodies, even though it stated that there had been ongoing political conflict on the force.
It furthermore stated that Pol Gen Surachate had been unfairly dismissed from his duties pending investigation and that Pol Gen Torsak should be reinstated.
However, the Police Commission also went back and approved the termination order.
Much regarded as a rising star on the police force, Pol Lt Gen Surachate. He was often out of the spotlight, putting himself at the center of cases involving everything from illegal motorcycle riders to immigration violators, as well as computer crime cases involving members of a division he led.
The child of a police, Surachate was born in 1970 in Songkhla. He immediately rose through the ranks to take over a neighborhood train before moving to Bangkok to lead the 191 job force. Before moving on to the visitor police, he received the most powerful position at the Immigration Bureau in 2018 and eventually became a deputy key.
In 2020 a shooter fired eight bullets into Pol Gen Surachate’s parked Lexus while he was at a “business gathering” in Bang Rak city of Bangkok. The event has never been solved.
According to a police origin, three officers commanders are candidates to become the next key: Kitrat Phanphet and Thana Chuwong, now assistant chiefs, and Kraiboon Suadsong, an inspector-general.