Big Joke joins investigation into "Ghost Ship"

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai authorities have turned to the charismatic policeman known as Big Joke to try and solve a mystery of the high seas.

 

It seems that Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan may be able to find the answer as to why a ship called the Fin Shui Yuan 2 had no crew and sunk off Nakhon Sri Thammarat in the south of Thailand, reported Thai Rath. 

 

Surachate said it appeared that the vessel was involved in IUU - illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

 

However they are waiting on reports from divers to determine the details after the vessel sank.

 

Surachate was the "go to guy" for all sorts of crimes during his time as deputy at the tourist police and head of immigration - jobs he managed at the SAME time!

 

He would fly off everywhere including abroad to catch the bad guys. He once famously decided there had been no rape of a foreign tourist on a southern Thai island after being there just an hour or two. 

 

Then he fell from grace and was sacked and told to shuffle paper at the PM's office for a couple of years. 

 

His vehicle was shot at in Suriwong while he was in a 'spa'.

 

He was then rehabilitated in the RTP and is emerging everywhere in the Thai news. 

 

Earlier in the week he was filing a report against seven people involved in the death of migrants in Kamphaeng Phet. 

 

Whether he can solve the mystery of the ghost ship remains to be seen.

 

Investigations continue. 

 

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[keith101]

Anything to get his face back in the media , he really is a joke .

[Geoffggi]

Amazing Thailand, why not get the advice from a maritime expert surely the Thai Navy has one .....

[GeorgeCross]

good ships in...bad ships out

 

 

[Geoffggi]

38 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Anything to get his face back in the media , he really is a joke .

RTP Poster boy to the rescue ..........................LOL

[mtls2005]

Invest in Vinyl-related stocks.

 

Business will boom.

 

 

[kotsak]

55 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Invest in Vinyl-related stocks.

 

Business will boom.

 

 

I agree, those guys must be loaded by now, probably charging superinflated prices for every piece since it's government money.. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

Anything to get his face back in the media , he really is a joke .

I don't think he volunteered.