80 immigration police face charges for accepting money to extend visas for Chinese businessmen

[snoop1130]

 

About 80 immigration police officers, including three generals, face disciplinary and criminal charges for allegedly extending visas for Chinese nationals involved in “grey’ businesses in Thailand in exchange for financial gain, according to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief.

 

He said today (Tuesday) that all the suspects have been questioned and police investigators are expected to meet on Monday to conclude the case and submit the findings to the police inspector-general for further action.

 

He maintains that there are no exceptions being made for the three police generals allegedly involved, despite the fact that they were his classmates at the police academy, noting that their cases will also be sent to the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/80-immigration-police-face-charges-for-accepting-money-to-extend-visas-for-chinese-businessmen/

 

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[2baht]

Those damn Chinese are nothing but trouble!

 

 

Edited January 24, 2023 by 2baht

[realfunster]

80.
8-0.

Hope there’s enough immigration officers left for Chaeng Wattana and Suvarnabhumi after Big Joke is finished with them ! 

They should continue to go after the wife of the main perpetrator, who was an immigration police officer herself. One would suspect she played a vital role in making the introductions and this scheme. 

[Mavideol]

same story as of last week or these ones will be added to the previous ones, if so the numbers keep growing... unfortunately just blowing hot air, all will be swept under the rug.... next please 

[Cricky]

23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

three generals

Wow, all the way to the top.

[ezzra]

And what about the practice of issuing all kinds of visas through agents that you can see them in plain sight all day long with big bundles of documents?, i reckon big Joke only talks, but to reprimand generals? i want to see that...

[rbkk]

Offend, rinse, repeat.

[Laughing Gravy]

33 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

About 80 immigration police officers, including three generals, face disciplinary and criminal charges for allegedly extending visas for Chinese nationals involved in “grey’ businesses in Thailand in exchange for financial gain, according to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief

No way! 80 immigration police officers. I can't believe it.????

 

I guess add another 0 and its believable.

[ukrules]

People seem to think this won't affect non Chinese based on the other thread a week or so back.

 

I'm pretty sure it will

[Andre0720]

Perhaps this was an affront to the penultimate level of authority in the realm of Immigration, actually by-passing the Official procedure for obtaining Non-Official Immigration services.

Oh well, something like that... ????

[pomchop]

37 minutes ago, ezzra said:

And what about the practice of issuing all kinds of visas through agents that you can see them in plain sight all day long with big bundles of documents?, i reckon big Joke only talks, but to reprimand generals? i want to see that...

was at jomtiem immigration today...i think a ten minute investigation would uncover a lot of nefarious visas being procured in preferential ways for a brown envelope properly distributed..

[fusion58]

That’s a whole lot of transfers to inactive posts! 

[ChrisY1]

It was over 100 last week....but anyway...they're only facing charges...that means nothing!

[geisha]

For once, a decent policeman does good, and a lot of you wingers start off. Is he perfect, probably not, who is ? It’s not him who’s going to press charges  on these 80 officials, it’s the anti corruption committee, Mr Surachat is leading the investigations . Please tell me what’s wrong ?  Who wants to be overrun by Chinese ( or other nationals)  crooks, drugs , gambling, under age prostitution, illegal casinos and clubs , boiler room set ups, online scams , by the sounds of it lots of you don’t care.  Do you really bother about newspaper photos of him , if so, why. 

[stoner]

only 80 ? 

[trainman34014]

I sense Big Joke is getting his own back a bit here with Immigration after they ganged up on him and got him ousted last time.  Good for him; i wish he could be back in charge of the whole Immigration System, as if he had stayed i think he would have done away with 90 day reporting and TM30s by now and probably reduced the Staff level by at least 30%.

[ubonr1971]

27 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

I sense Big Joke is getting his own back a bit here with Immigration after they ganged up on him and got him ousted last time.

The most accurate and sensible comment on this thread

[spidermike007]

Anything that comes out of the mouth of the biggest joke, cannot be taken seriously. He is a grandstanding, PR grabbing, nonsense spinner. 

 

The real problem is, they will not go after these guys. Not the top bankers, not the high ranking guys, not the provincial authorities, and certainly not the army, or the police. They are all corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go.

 

The police, immigration and the army are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Any hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the most naive amongst us.

 

The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) is one of the most feeble and ineffective of all the tools Prayuth has used to deceive the people into believing that he is fighting corruption. Who was the last high level authority, in the police, immigration, the army, or the active administration they arrested, charged, tried convicted, and sent to prison? Nobody. Zero. Nunca. Nada. Why? Because Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite. To protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty, those that are connected, and those who are in power.

 

Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. 

 

It barely matters. These guys are above the law. Any and all laws. The only time they are arrested is when it becomes big news, or it is reported internationally, and Thailand gets a ton of egg on it's face. And even then, it normally does not result in a conviction. Very, very few current (not former) police, immigration, customs, cabinet officials, army officials, or administration officials are arrested here, tried, convicted and imprisoned.

My guess is it is one of the lowest rates in the world. The corruption here is never ending.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

About 80 immigration police officers, including three generals, face disciplinary and criminal charges for allegedly extending visas for Chinese nationals involved in “grey’ businesses in Thailand in exchange for financial gain, according to Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief.

Now that is a very damning figure, as immigration police are part of the police farce the minister in charge of the boys in Brown should resign their post immediately and take full responsibility for allowing this corruption to continue under their watch..

[Srikcir]

12 hours ago, Cricky said:

Wow, all the way to the top.

Maybe not "all the way to the top."

The National Police Policy Board is chaired by PM Prayut. It is the Board that must approve promotion of police generals to national police chief. Prayut has been PM since 2014. Many times over the last several years Prayut has promised to eliminate government corruption. 

[RichardColeman]

Just check these people bank accounts and asset gains over 20,000 baht each year. pretty simple

[geisha]

I don’t think the media is going to drop this , and so it shouldn’t. Let’s hope for a good outcome for justice , despite the many naysayers.

[Mickeymaus]

All this corruption didn't start yesterday. The main question for me is why wasn't it discovered earlier and what can be done that it will be discovered earlier in the future.

[Dazkkk]

11 hours ago, fusion58 said:

That’s a whole lot of transfers to inactive posts! 

It’s a growing industry, but fortunately, when there, they don’t have to do anything productive. 
Still plenty of positions in the “moved sideways” vacancies. Rumour has it that new offices are under construction to house them. Of course many brown envelopes have been handed out for the contracts to construct them. 
Everyone is a winner in the BIB world. 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

But, but, when I walk into a certain large supermarket chain in Thailand, owned by a certain powerful Thai-Chinese businessman, who many have said is actually secretly Chinese, it's practically China in there! Red lanterns and decorations everywhere, shiny red Chinese clothing for sale, Chinese sweets on display in fancy packaging right as you walk in the door, and Chinese music blaring out of the speakers wishing me a happy new year, over and over, as I had my coffee last week. I thought we were going all out Chinese? What gives?

[steven100]

an official in Thailand taking a bribe  ?    I can't believe it    !!    Thai's are all so honest and true  !!

 

???? ...... 

[Orinoco]

3 minutes ago, steven100 said:

an official in Thailand taking a bribe  ?    I can't believe it    !!    Thai's are all so honest and true  !!

 

???? ...... 

Yes that's outrageous.

Should be a recount.

Would be just one to throw under the bus then. 

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, realfunster said:

Hope there’s enough immigration officers left for Chaeng Wattana and Suvarnabhumi after Big Joke is finished with them

If all we have left after his efforts are the truly honest ones, I suspect there won't be enough to run a whelk stall!

[jesimps]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Anything that comes out of the mouth of the biggest joke, cannot be taken seriously. He is a grandstanding, PR grabbing, nonsense spinner. 

 

The real problem is, they will not go after these guys. Not the top bankers, not the high ranking guys, not the provincial authorities, and certainly not the army, or the police. They are all corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go.

 

The police, immigration and the army are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Any hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the most naive amongst us.

 

The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) is one of the most feeble and ineffective of all the tools Prayuth has used to deceive the people into believing that he is fighting corruption. Who was the last high level authority, in the police, immigration, the army, or the active administration they arrested, charged, tried convicted, and sent to prison? Nobody. Zero. Nunca. Nada. Why? Because Prayuth has had a mandate from the beginning to do the very opposite. To protect the elite, the super wealthy who are guilty, those that are connected, and those who are in power.

 

Just think Dark Tao. Just think Red Bull. The list goes on, and on, and on. Only the most naive amongst us believe he or ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol are sincere about this. 

 

It barely matters. These guys are above the law. Any and all laws. The only time they are arrested is when it becomes big news, or it is reported internationally, and Thailand gets a ton of egg on it's face. And even then, it normally does not result in a conviction. Very, very few current (not former) police, immigration, customs, cabinet officials, army officials, or administration officials are arrested here, tried, convicted and imprisoned.

My guess is it is one of the lowest rates in the world. The corruption here is never ending.

Sounds like two other countries in this world who Thailand is in bed with.

[steven100]

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

If all we have left after his efforts are the truly honest ones, I suspect there won't be enough to run a whelk stall!

what's a whelk stall   ?