BREAKING: Rumors abound! Has Big Joke been transferred to RTP headquarters?

 

Image: Sanook

 

Thai media is in turmoil today as various outlets are apparently reporting that immigration chief and poster boy of the Thai police Lt -Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn as been transferred to RTP headquarters.

 

Sanook said there was no official written confirmation of the surprise news yet. But their headline said "Rumours abound" and "lightning transfer". 

 

Outlets were reporting that he had indeed been transferred "until further notice", said Sanook. 

 

Sanook mentioned the Lt-Gen's close relationship with DPM Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

They said that Big Joke's Facebook page was taken down. It is a very well visited site where the public go to report crime and when the Lt-Gen posts news of his crime busting exploits. 

 

The Thai Immigration Facebook page also appeared to have been taken down on Saturday.

 

Big Joke’s Twitter account also looks like it has been removed. 

 

Further interest was generated by the fact that a Region 3 chief of Immigration and close colleague of Surachate  presented at a news conference regarding suspects in the Election Commission fake news case. 

 

Sanook said it would have been expected for the chief to be at the Thung Song Hong police station in person. Instead there were reports - still unconfirmed - that he had been transferred. 

 

It also appeared that Big Joke was not present at the most recent ‘X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner’ raids on Thursday evening.

 

Meanwhile influential Thai new site Thairath reported that the news was everywhere but they too had failed to get any confirmation. 

 

They said that rumors of the chief's transfer had been flying around all day. 

 

They added that contact with the RTP spokesman and the Lt-Gen himself had ceased.

 

Krung Thep Thurakit, Voice TV and Naew Na also reported rumor of the transfer. 

 

KTT said it was a "late night move" while Voice TV said "no reason was given" and Naew Na said that the transfer last night was "indefinite". 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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UPDATE:

Police chief orders Big Joke transferred to inactive post: 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1093812-police-chief-orders-big-joke-transferred-to-inactive-post/

Whoa sup dude????

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KTT said it was a "late night move"

 

doesn't exactly sound like a promotion

 

 

Almost like a transfer in an inactive post. 

Sounds very transferred to an inactive postish

Swimming trip to Myanmar?

O.K. can we have now  a review of his list of measures …. specially the 3 month' full seasoning AFTER stamp+ the 50% seasoning  until new ret.ext application by the new boss...

 

 has he now become even More Important?

2 minutes ago, david555 said:

O.K. can we have now  a review of his list of measures …. specially the 3 month' full seasoning AFTER stamp+ the 50% seasoning  until new ret.ext application by the new boss...

Be careful what you wish for. His successor may squeeze even further.

3 minutes ago, david555 said:

O.K. can we have now  a review of his list of measures …. specially the 3 month' full seasoning AFTER stamp+ the 50% seasoning  until new ret.ext application by the new boss...

Cessation of 90 day reports. ????

wow.

 

busted the wrong Chinese call center? or maybe that Japanese one from last week?

 

Was bound to happen as he was trying to do a good job. In the process he has upset the easy lives of countless Immigration 'Officials' who have had been made to 'work' with their perks cut off or cut down, slices of which are no longer going up the line to the top.

maybe the usa had put down the hammer? 

 

The big BJ has just been too relaxed, good-natured and easy going. The Junta wants someone who will whip the Immigration Gestapo into a lean, mean repression machine. The security of the nation is at stake...and there needs to be a ruthless crack down on the subversive and dangerous foreigners.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Falcon said:

Probably not. He’s most likely been found out to be not as clean as he’s wanting people to believe and it’s being pushed under the carpet by the quick, quiet transfer, and, hopefully, never to be heard of again. This rascist should never have been given any power anyway, especially in immigration. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

And tomorrow Big Joke will be back on duty and looking for a Mr. Falcon.

 

 didn't he have a good enough singing voice either? 

3 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Was bound to happen as he was trying to do a good job. In the process he has upset the easy lives of countless Immigration 'Officials' who have had been made to 'work' with their perks cut off or cut down, slices of which are no longer going up the line to the top.

 

wasn't he at the top?

Transferred... 

 

Due to the turmoil created by the new visa money rules? 

Unmentionable rumours elsewhere......

Hmm the outcome will say a lot about Thailand's intentions. Higher up means they like to go down this road even harder, inactive means opposite.

I am sad to hear this. I was enjoying reading about the crackdowns on riff raff while eating my Nicoise salad at the Intercontinental Hotel. 

2 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Cessation of 90 day reports. ????

Yeah wow.  Took 45 seconds on my last report at Chonburi sure ruined my life.

Sure sounds like a promotion to an inactive position. Maybe his policies were negatively affecting pocket books and stuffed envelopes delivery.

2nd post on the same subject !!! How can it be breaking news when the first post on TV highlighted it 1 hour previously ?  But hey never mind the poor guy has gone. Better the devil you know as they say.

Sorry- what is “RTP”?  Is this a promotion or demotion? ( or depends )

Are we not getting more reforms? Who else can we get to come in to bust more skulls?

 

This is an interesting development. In most cases it is best to keep the devil you know closes to you. We don’t know who or what we are going to get in return.

 

Yes, very interesting 

3 minutes ago, inThailand said:

Transferred... 

 

Due to the turmoil created by the new visa money rules? 

I don't believe anybody Thai cares about that

3 minutes ago, toenail said:

Sorry- what is “RTP”? 

Royal Thai Plonkers Police

3 minutes ago, inThailand said:

Transferred... 

 

Due to the turmoil created by the new visa money rules? 

No.

1 minute ago, toenail said:

Sorry- what is “RTP”? 

Royal Thai Police