A payment led by the prime minister universally votes to sack a high-flying official over alleged gambling connections.
PUBLISHED: 26 Jun 2024 at 21: 01
On Wednesday, the officers commission’s members overwhelmingly supported the acting assistant chief’s decision to remove Pol Gen Surachate” Big Joke” Hakparn from the power over his alleged link with an online gambling network.
Before coming to an agreement, the 12-member figure, which was led by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, discussed the issue for three days.
Pol Gen Surachate, a well-known figure with a elegance for self-promotion, has recently drawn unwelcome attention because of claims that he and four employees worked for the BNK Master gaming system in money laundering.
The deputy chief has refuted the accusations, saying that they were made up by rivals within the power to obstruct his entry into the position of police chief.
In a move to address a growing gap within the army, assistant federal police chief Kitrat Phanphet was appointed acting chief after Pol Gen Surachate and officers key Torsak Sukivimol were transferred to the Prime Minister’s Office. In a move to solve this, the expulsion order was issued in April.
Former assistant chief and committee member Pol Gen Winai Thongsong told his acquaintances on Wednesday that he thought Pol Gen Kitrat’s determination was legitimate. Additionally, it received support from the authorities administrative committee.
If the prime minister did n’t receive the order revoked, Pol Gen Surachate threatened to file a malfeasance complaint against him on Monday.
A policeman general who is a member of the Police Commission was sued by the besieged official in a defamation complaint against him on Tuesday in Bangkok South Criminal Court. Straight after the judge issued an arrest warrant for him, the general allegedly connected him to online gaming.
On Wednesday, Pol Gen Winai responded,” I’m not worried because I can provide information through the court method.”
” I think this was a deliberate attempt to solitude and prevent people from casting ballots at the meeting to decide whether to rescind Pol Gen Surachate’s dismissal,” he continued.
In addition to the Surachate matter, committee members looked at a complaint made against the prime minister over the appointment of Pol Gen Torsak as national main last year after he reportedly did not meet the requirements.
The NACC, according to Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, secretary-general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC), had previously requested information from the police commissioner, but the description provided was large and did not address what Pol Gen Torsak had or had failed to do to meet the requirements.
Given the ambiguity of the details, Mr. Niwatchai said, the appointment on Wednesday agreed to continue the research into the facts to see if satisfactory performance information was provided during the collection process.