Ex-immigration chief 'Big Joke' transferred to civil service

[webfact]

Ex-immigration chief transferred to civil service

 

   

BANGKOK, 11 April 2019 (NNT) – The announcement of the removal of Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpal from the position of Immigration Bureau Chief, to be based at the Royal Thai Police headquarters has been all over the news and has captured the general public’s attention over the past 4-5 days.

 

In the latest development, the Cabinet has adjusted the re-location of the former Immigration chief to be positioned as a civil servant in the Prime Minsiter’s Office, effective immediately as announced in the Royal Gazette.

 

The Royal Gazette’s website released a directive from the National Council for Peace and Order’s chief on additional positioning and rotation of civil servants based on articles 1 and 5 on the previous NCPO’s directive number 16/2558 dated 15 May 2013, on measures for government officials under ongoing investigation and temporary positioning management.

 

The directive says the NCPO has added the name of Pol Lt Gen Surachet Hakpal to the officials under investigation list, relieving him of his previous position as Immigration Bureau chief and salary, and transferring him to work at the Prime Minister’s Office as a high ranked executive civil servant and a special advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office.

 

The Prime Minister will inform His Majesty the King of this matter in connection with the release of royal appointment formalities. The transfer of Pol Lt Gen Surachet is effective immediately following the announcement of this order in the Royal Gazette today.

 

Prior to the announcement of this directive, the Assistant Government Spokesperson Col Thaksada Sangkhachan revealed to the news media that the Cabinet had already acknowledged the transfer order.

 

-- © Copyright nnt 2019-04-11

[ezzra]

And just like that, a cop who deed well and was good at his job, is removed, canned and relegated to be history now, it begs the question, what his replacement, or any other high ranking police will now do to avoid similar faith?...

[SweetStickyRice]

I wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Go well.

[leeneeds]

Now we go back to such stories of  good taxi drivers handing back belongings, 

How many overstaying peoples will be ???? 

Big Jokes motto of " good in bad out " was a breath of fresh air and I think heading in the right direction to make Thailand a more friendlier place for the long term living here, and I did feel an easier visa system for all of us long stayers  was on his radar,  now all of us will now have to wait for sensibility to take a hold afresh, ???? ???? ????.

 

 

[Lungstib]

Confirming the opinion that working hard, being successful and pushing new ideas isn't the way to progress in this authoritarian paradise. 

[BestB]

So much mud that it’s hard to stay clean.

 

in the past 4-5 days, it went from moved to inactive post( while possibly arrested ) to placed under investigation to stripped off all bling to made in to civil servant to made in to advisor to PM to high ranking advisor in PM office.

 

whatever he has done or who ever he has upset. It is like a roller coaster ride 

 

 

[lamyai3]

23 minutes ago, leeneeds said:

Big Jokes motto of " good in bad out " was a breath of fresh air and I think heading in the right direction to make Thailand a more friendlier place for the long term living here, and I did feel an easier visa system for all of us long stayers  was on his radar,  now all of us will now have to wait for sensibility to take a hold afresh, ????????????

Are you joking? Under his tenure, 24 hour address reporting has been revived with foreigners taking the hit for aberrant landlords, a rewriting of extension rules is in place that's set to decimate many long stay retirees in the coming year (perhaps with families), airport denial on entry is at record levels regardless of people holding valid visas and meeting requirements, immigration procedures have become arbitrary and inconsistent across the country at a level never seen before, and all foreigners are considered as suspected criminals unless they can prove otherwise. 

[observer90210]

Did they give him a free new suit cut by the best indian tailor of Nana area,  in exchange for his golden wings and uniform ? But perhaps not, as he expelled all the good indian tailors !!

[londonthai]

there are still big opportunities for him for taking big bribes, as he was known to take in his previous service. He should be dismissed from police long time ago, but he is Pravit's man, so far had his protection. On order of junta investigation against him was stopped in 2016

Edited April 11, 2019 by londonthai

[bdenner]

The "Big Joke" is right here on the TVF! How many more threads are going to be created over this guy?

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Ex-immigration chief transferred to civil service

Nothing wrong being transferred to a high ranking civil service job. Opportunities abound to join the well oiled civil service corruption circle with the other elitist officials reaping the benefit of incoming envelopes. From his experience he may even bring advanced ideas and opportunities to his new colleagues.

What better location to be than the highest government office itself which would surely be at the top of the distribution list.

[Oziex1]

The camera crews and plastic sign makers are in for hard times now. 

[soalbundy]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

And just like that, a cop who deed well and was good at his job, is removed, canned and relegated to be history now, it begs the question, what his replacement, or any other high ranking police will now do to avoid similar faith?...

Nothing of course.

[Misterwhisper]

Very much looks like Surachet became too powerful and influential to be tolerated any longer and that he might have stepped on somebody's toes a little too hard.

 

But then again, as chief of immigration he got himself involved in way too much policing and crime-busting business that clearly was not part of his assigned portfolio. Additionally, it may have irked some that he always put himself in the limelight so shamelessly with his flamboyant press conferences during which he appeared to take sole credit for pretty much every high-profile case uncovered in the recent past.

[Pattaya46]

1 hour ago, lamyai3 said:

Are you joking? Under his tenure, 24 hour address reporting has been revived with foreigners taking the hit for aberrant landlords, a rewriting of extension rules is in place that's set to decimate many long stay retirees in the coming year (perhaps with families), airport denial on entry is at record levels regardless of people holding valid visas and meeting requirements, immigration procedures have become arbitrary and inconsistent across the country at a level never seen before, and all foreigners are considered as suspected criminals unless they can prove otherwise. 

Are you joking? You clearly want to ignore the fact that Big Joke was head of Immigration only last 6 months! Nearly all your griefs (as the 24-hours reporting / TM.30) are far older than that and not decided by Big Joke.

About extension rules, he just extended the 800k seasoning with the year long 400k. No way it will "decimate many long stay retirees".

You accuse the wrong person... 

[soalbundy]

21 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Very much looks like Surachet became too powerful and influential to be tolerated any longer and that he might have stepped on somebody's toes a little too hard.

 

But then again, as chief of immigration he got himself involved in way too much policing and crime-busting business that clearly was not part of his assigned portfolio. Additionally, it may have irked some that he always put himself in the limelight so shamelessly with his flamboyant press conferences during which he appeared to take sole credit for pretty much every high-profile case uncovered in the recent past.

Not a good idea to be the tallest daisy in the field when the man with the sickle arrives.

[thaitero]

So new PM has to be technically Civilian ? 

So maby he is a new compromise solution after election..

[onekoolguy]

10 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

 

Unfortunately that ain't me, I charge in to get things done and cause a ruckus. 

And you see what that gets you here!

 

[Kasset Tak]

26 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Are you joking? You clearly want to ignore the fact that Big Joke was head of Immigration only last 6 months! Nearly all your griefs (as the 24-hours reporting / TM.30) are far older than that and not decided by Big Joke.

About extension rules, he just extended the 800k seasoning with the year long 400k. No way it will "decimate many long stay retirees".

You accuse the wrong person... 

Yes, all those rules have been in Thai law for a long time... however, most of them have been enforced with a relaxed attitude in the past, but under Big Joke they have been tightened and enforced. For example, in the past I never needed any copy of a lease contract or anything as I lived in a house on campus (for free), but with the rules that Big Joke enforced, immigration basically forced me to move out and rent a house (no apartments around here...) as the local immigration demanded that I could show a rent contract in my name, receipt of paying rent and utility bills, the new landlord properly filing TM.30 every week, and a bunch of other documents/things to give me a new extension... all because of the rules/changes that was enforced by Big Joke!

[NightSky]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

And just like that, a cop who deed well and was good at his job, is removed, canned and relegated to be history now

 

Stockholm syndrome.

 

He wasn't your friend.

 

His replacement won't be your friend either.

[yellowboat]

I hate this man, but his treatment is troubling.  Thailand is troubling. 

[Mansell]

3 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Are you joking? Under his tenure, 24 hour address reporting has been revived with foreigners taking the hit for aberrant landlords, a rewriting of extension rules is in place that's set to decimate many long stay retirees in the coming year (perhaps with families), airport denial on entry is at record levels regardless of people holding valid visas and meeting requirements, immigration procedures have become arbitrary and inconsistent across the country at a level never seen before, and all foreigners are considered as suspected criminals unless they can prove otherwise. 

We don't know that he is directly responsible for any of the new directives.....he wasn't even the top guy in immigration. Cut him some slack.

[jmd8800]

3 hours ago, londonthai said:

there are still big opportunities for him for taking big bribes, as he was known to take in his previous service. He should be dismissed from police long time ago, but he is Pravit's man, so far had his protection. On order of junta investigation against him was stopped in 2016

Please pass along any legitimate proof that Big Joke is/was taking bribes.

[gunderhill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The Prime Minister will inform His Majesty the King of this matter

Why? your'e  either above  all this or  your'e  not.

[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, thaitero said:

So new PM has to be technically Civilian ? 

So maby he is a new compromise solution after election..

Prayut successfully argued before the EC that he was NOT a civil servant which would have otherwise to disqualified him as a PM candidate in the 2019 Election.

So how can Surachet become a "high ranked executive civil servant and special advisor to the Prime Minister's Office?"

Special advisors are not civil servants. The typical high ranked executive civil servant in Thailand is a Permanent Secretary of a Ministry.

[Oziex1]

Where is boss Prawit in all of this? 

He was after all BJ's controller and chief.

[rabas]

59 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

Where is boss Prawit in all of this? 

He was after all BJ's controller and chief.

Watching.

[Whip]

He stepped on too many toes. 

[wotsdermatter]

Remember the words of the Bee Gees:

 

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me

 

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

 

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me

 

Just wondered if there is any relevance or prophetic connection?

'nuf sed.

 

 

 

[moe666]

12 hours ago, Lungstib said:

Confirming the opinion that working hard, being successful and pushing new ideas isn't the way to progress in this authoritarian paradise. 

Hell that is no way to get ahead anywhere all they want is suckups and back clappers.