Jonathan Fairfield Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Picture: Manager Online RTP spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Yingyos Thepjamnong commented after a meeting via video conference chaired by the Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha concerned with police appointments. General Wirachai Songmetta has returned to his position as deputy commissioner. He was rapped on the knuckles by former police chief Gen Chakthip Chaijinda over the leaking of a phone conversation regarding Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan. The former chief of the Immigration Bureau and now special advisor working on police reform asked for obstacles to his work to be removed as they were affecting its progress and his own up the police ladder. In response to this a deputy commissioner role has also been created for Surachate, also known by his moniker of Big Joke, INN reported. The move marks the continued rehabilitation of the famous policeman after his abrupt and still unexplained fall from grace several years ago that saw him initially shuffling paper at the PM's office. Surachate had been a critic of the IB's 2 billion baht Biometrics system, had tried to stop tips being handed out to immigration staff and was involved in an incident in which two men on a motorcycle shot up his car in the Surawong area of Bangkok. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2021-08-06 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post herfiehandbag Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The former chief of the Immigration Bureau and now special advisor working on police reform asked for obstacles to his work to be removed as they were affecting its progress and his own up the police ladder. In response to this a deputy commissioner role has also been created for Surachate, also known by his moniker of Big Joke, INN reported. Promoted out of a job where he was causing trouble? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 He's an "earner" as they say. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RotBenz8888 Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) The days of big vinyl posters are long gone, those tiny post-it notes kinda says it all.... Edited August 6, 2021 by RotBenz8888 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artisi Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 Heading for the top as he knows where all the bodies are.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachbuggy Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Next PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phuketshrew Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 We have big Joke, big Aud etc. I wonder when sergeant Kok, Dik or Ham will get promoted? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JingerBen Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Bring him back to the Chiang Mai IO. The last time he was here he cleaned up the operation PDQ. Efficiency and courtesy prevailed while he was in charge. After he was sacked it didn't take long for things to revert to the status quo. Edited August 6, 2021 by JingerBen 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: unexplained fall from grace 2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Surachate had been a critic of the IB's 2 billion baht Biometrics system, had tried to stop tips being handed out to immigration staff and was involved in an incident in which two men on a motorcycle shot up his car in the Surawong area of Bangkok. Getting warmer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post seajae Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 last thing the top people want is someone doing the right thing and stopping their back hander/bonus payments, soon as they saw their financial profits dropping off they removed him, the corruption in Thailand runs deep and no one is allowed to slow it down 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The manufacturer’s of large pvc posters will be most pleased 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookiescot Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 I never really had a problem with this guy. He was essentially doing the job he was supposed to be doing. However he was becoming an inconvenience to other high ranking people which culminated in him arresting someone's girlfriend as I recall. His downfall followed rapidly after that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Really, really bad idea, from an administration that seems to embrace the very concept of bad ideas, and cannot get out of it's own way. They just cannot resist shooting themselves in the foot. Wirachai has always been a trouble maker, he is an extreme xenophobe, and a tiny, tiny man who was fired for very good reasons way back when. Once a failure always a failure in his case. No room for reform in his game. The only thing that comes to mind, is this group of goons is accustomed to picking from the bottom of the barrel, so hence the presence of this goombah again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overt2016 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Rookiescot said: I never really had a problem with this guy. He was essentially doing the job he was supposed to be doing. However he was becoming an inconvenience to other high ranking people which culminated in him arresting someone's girlfriend as I recall. His downfall followed rapidly after that. "arresting someone's girlfriend" is that a nice way of saying $$$$$$$? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Artisi said: Heading for the top as he knows where all the bodies are.... You beat me to it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TigerandDog Posted August 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, JingerBen said: Bring him back to the Chiang Mai IO. The last time he was here he cleaned up the operation PDQ. Efficiency and courtesy prevailed while he was in charge. After he was sacked it didn't take long for things to revert to the status quo. absolute nonsense. CM Immigration continues, in my experience, to operate the same way as it was mandated to do by Big Joke. I have not experienced this reversion to which you refer. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The former chief of the Immigration Bureau and now special advisor working on police reform asked for obstacles to his work to be removed as they were affecting its progress and his own up the police ladder. I think promotion is the least of his troubles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 It's all a big joke alright, the whole police farce. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangless Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The move marks the continued rehabilitation of the famous policeman after his abrupt and still unexplained fall from grace several years ago that saw him initially shuffling paper at the PM's office. 2 hours ago, spidermike007 said: who was fired for very good reasons way back when. What are the "very good reasons" he was fired? How come only you seem to know when everyone else claims not to know the reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: The days of big vinyl posters are long gone, those tiny post-it notes kinda says it all.... not only that.. ...the post-it on the left is his shopping list! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, NightSky said: not only that.. ...the post-it on the left is his shopping list! Just be careful you don't end up on any of his lists, or it will be bye bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Oh boy! This is the guy who made tons of more archaic rules and hoops to jump through during his short reign at immigration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 20 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: The former chief of the Immigration Bureau and now special advisor working on police reform asked for obstacles to his work to be removed as they were affecting its progress and his own up the police ladder. No better way for ”obstacles to removed” and “progress up the ladder” ensured than a big shiny truckload of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Phuketshrew said: We have big Joke, big Aud etc. I wonder when sergeant Kok, Dik or Ham will get promoted? If you go to China you can get Big Hahnging Scrow Tum. I recall Mr Joke as being branded untrustworthy because he didn't line his pockets, or at least not as much to liable himself. I wish him well (I think) and he and his family should live in a safe place. Looking for a movie to watch this weekend? I suggest Serpico Edited August 7, 2021 by bendejo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMHomeboy78 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 16 hours ago, MrJ2U said: Oh boy! This is the guy who made tons of more archaic rules and hoops to jump through during his short reign at immigration. Where... in Bangkok? Maybe so, but in Chiang Mai he made noticeable improvements immediately upon arrival. Regrettably they ended as soon as he was removed from his position as head of CM Immigration. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Deputy Joke at your service now to the urgent matter of who filled my car with wholes a few years ago???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenZ Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 1:31 PM, seajae said: last thing the top people want is someone doing the right thing and stopping their back hander/bonus payments, soon as they saw their financial profits dropping off they removed him, the corruption in Thailand runs deep and no one is allowed to slow it down Surely he has been tamed and won't be getting up to his old tricks now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 56 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said: Deputy Joke at your service now to the urgent matter of who filled my car with wholes a few years ago???? That I'm sure he is well of, but no rush - let them sweat for awhile as revenge is sweet...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickelbeer Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I can't celebrate the return of anyone who attempts to stop the practice of "tips" to IO officials. Brown envelopes are the reason I can continue to stay here without a local bank account. I want the option of buying privilege. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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