Cyber Police Raid ‘Big Joke’s’ Residence

[Sigmund]

If he is out of the game, it may make things easier to change regarding the absurd immigration requirement and all the harassment just to get a driving licence.

 

Stop those absurd TM28, TM30's and 90 day reporting. Improve the online systems and have more user friendly instructions in english online.

 

Have more english speaking staff at immigration offices in Provinces and cities Hua Hin or Phuket.

 

Stop asking for those absurd residence certificates/proof of residence documents from immigration, when people can present a blue book or a lease agreement.

 

Even to open a bank account in some Banks, or to get a Thai driver licence they just start to invent absurd rules as they are afraid to deal sometimes with falangs. Of course people will come up and say "but it all went fine for me bla bla"....great. But that is not always the case if you have not rented a girlie for a month to be your gf/translator/accountant ???? and will accompany you to deal with such admin stuff that is time consuming

 

You don't like it so leave it ? Well if that's how they see, tourism will drop, the retirees with big pensions will leave elsewhere as the competition is high in Asia or even India now getting into the race to woe rich retirees from the west.

[kiwikeith]

5 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Looks like the flow of brown paper bags was not diverted to the new incumbents at the trough.

 

Thailand is absolutely corrupt to the core at every conceivable level.

At least it's visable, and quite a comedy show, but every country in the world is corrupt as hell these days, the USA sticks out a mile, Britain, NZ, Australia, very corrupt, NZ is a land of thieves, people are being robbed by big and small bussines, Gangs are running havoc, children are ramming cars through shops and robbing every night, and shootings are now daily. 

This has all escalated since the pandemic, and people can't afford to pay their bills now since the war in Ukraine started. 

Corporations are taking advantage of this and fleecing everyone. 

And what does the corrupt politicians do? 

Nothing, but appoint a goon to look into it, pay the goon big money, and nothing happens, this is the world today, but I still prefer Thailand to live, I don't like NZ anymore, and as a celeb who left a few weeks ago said on channel 3 news, I wouldn't like to get sick in NZ, the health system is seriously broken, so Thailand's not to bad. 

[Cake Monster]

How is it possible for him to Buy 6 Houses for his subordinates

[robsamui]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

Is the full commando gear really necessary for a so called gambling raid?

Does a home stereo need to be covered in flashing disco lights? Little kids love this kinda stuff, and that includes dressing up.

[spidermike007]

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

Big post, many assumptions, no facts... yawn.

And I suppose you assume the joke was truly straight? That the head of one of the largest pyramid schemes ever, just said no thank you. I don't want the hundreds of millions of baht. Give it to someone else. I am the only honest one. 

[Mavideol]

I don't want sound to negative and/or pessimist but DNA here is all corrupted, it's on Thai people blood thus without accusing the man, all bets are off/on  555

[Mavideol]

it appears there is a new sheriff in town, all guns are out to grab the best and most rewarding official posts

[Mavideol]

42 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The search warrant police used to raid his house mentioned only the number of the house, not the name of the owner.

why the search warrant has to have a name, what if the house title was not in his name, that's a lame excuse, as smart as he appears to be he couldn't come up with a better one

[Mavideol]

11 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

How is it possible for him to Buy 6 Houses for his subordinates

lot's of hidden "skeletons" will be soon exposed.... laundry time 555

[Mavideol]

5 hours ago, jaideedave said:

Believe it or not this is one chap who I thought was above all this cr_p. I guess I was wrong.How could he not notice 30 team members doing anything out of line. I'm flabbergasted. 555

usually that happen when somebody closes their eyes  555

[couchpotato]

17 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

At least it's visable, and quite a comedy show, but every country in the world is corrupt as hell these days, the USA sticks out a mile, Britain, NZ, Australia, very corrupt, NZ is a land of thieves, people are being robbed by big and small bussines, Gangs are running havoc, children are ramming cars through shops and robbing every night, and shootings are now daily. 

This has all escalated since the pandemic, and people can't afford to pay their bills now since the war in Ukraine started. 

Corporations are taking advantage of this and fleecing everyone. 

And what does the corrupt politicians do? 

Nothing, but appoint a goon to look into it, pay the goon big money, and nothing happens, this is the world today, but I still prefer Thailand to live, I don't like NZ anymore, and as a celeb who left a few weeks ago said on channel 3 news, I wouldn't like to get sick in NZ, the health system is seriously broken, so Thailand's not to bad. 

Yep agree on this...definitely gone downhill (but as mentioned a lot of countries have the same type of problems).

[wombat]

5 hours ago, JoePai said:

Big Joke did not allow any officers to enter his home

 

So they turned up ready for a shoot-out but did not even have a warrant to enter  ????

Sabre rattling.

[Mavideol]

4 hours ago, riclag said:

Investigators , investigating the investigators , in the land of Coup’s.

 

it's like Anutin interior minister investigating corruption.... corrupted ones investigating corrupted ones, same same but different  555

[connda]

6 hours ago, jvs said:

Yes he has a lot of enemies but also a lot of friends.

Two camps against each other,they are really pulling out all the stops now.

Remember when they shot his car?

Fighting behind the scene continues .

Better get a lot of popcorn for this episode.

 

 

Lawfare at it's third-world finest. 
The use of the legal and judicial systems to go after political enemies.

Hope BJ is squeaky-clean, not that it matters.

“Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”

-Lavrentiy Beria, Chief of Secret Police under Joseph Stalin

[billd766]

3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

God by the look of it ????

But whose god?

 

There are hundreds, if thousands of gods, all claiming to be the one true god.

[John Drake]

23 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

it appears there is a new sheriff in town, all guns are out to grab the best and most rewarding official posts

I always thought that Prayuth was BJ's protector. Early on, I wondered where he stood with the new crowd and what would happen with Prayuth gone. Apparently, now we know.

[SingAPorn]

How can they afford their high end cars, BMW's, Mercs etc on just a govt, salary ?

 

Even in the west  a police officer at the same level, earning honestly more, will not be able to such extravagance ?

 

Why not just pull over each police coppers house in Bangkok or in provinces,

 

If the house or his cars go beyond what is expected within the financial meany, tjust ake the chap in the police station and ask him/her to explain and show justification of where the cash comes from. Very obvious. 

 

Of course it will never happen after a certain level of top brass. Corruption all over to the highest level.

[SingAPorn]

3 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I always thought that Prayuth was BJ's protector. Early on, I wondered where he stood with the new crowd and what would happen with Prayuth gone. Apparently, now we know.

An opposition  between the populist/nationalists (who generally dislike falangs-foreigners)  against the progressive/liberals (open to world and make things easier for the quality retirees with good pensions).

Edited September 25, 2023 by SingAPorn

[kiwikeith]

4 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I always thought that Prayuth was BJ's protector. Early on, I wondered where he stood with the new crowd and what would happen with Prayuth gone. Apparently, now we know.

Someone asked how he could afford to buy 6 houses for his mates, well I don't know, but Rolexs would have been cheaper. 

[SABloke]

5 hours ago, scorecard said:

Hoping he's the next national chief cop.

 

He has quite a while to go before retirement, if he's really genuine to stop corruption he'll need time.

 

He doesn't seem to be afraid of the other senior cops.

 

Some of his team involved in gambling corruption not good news but inevitable. And a chance for BJ to show his strength. 

Since it is impossible to rise up in the ranks of the force without "Tea Money" he has spent most of his career involved directly with corruption - what on earth makes you think he is genuine about stopping corruption? 

[Mavideol]

if somebody is constantly in a limelight, he/she should make sure there are no skeletons somewhere, being daily in limelight brings a lot of attention and scrutiny

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

CCIB officers attempted to raid five houses owned by Big Joke in Soi Vibhawadee 60 near the Police Sports Club in Bangkok’s Lak Si district at 8am today. One of the houses is Big Joke’s home while the other four provide accommodation for members of his team.

I know he's a high ranking RTP exec, but it seems more than a bit odd that he's got 4 other houses he owns beyond his own that he's supposedly using to provide housing for members of his "team"???

 

One might ask, how's BJ earning enough money to buy and own 5 houses in Bangkok... And are the other officers getting to live in his houses for free or are they paying rent to him for the accommodations?

 

[sambum]

7 hours ago, bob smith said:

Is the full commando gear really necessary for a so called gambling raid?

But somebody might have a gun! I presume that there were a few Police involved in the gambling set up as BJ was involved?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

AFAIK, BJ just got passed over for promotion to be the top national police chief. I believe he was among four finalists, but wasn't selected.

 

Perhaps the chosen winner is now trying to clean up some loose ends with his former rivals.

 

Again, more than a bit peculiar that the raid and investigation of all this bursts into public view just after BJ loses out on the top police job.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

36 minutes ago, John Drake said:

I always thought that Prayuth was BJ's protector. Early on, I wondered where he stood with the new crowd and what would happen with Prayuth gone. Apparently, now we know.

 

Some have portrayed BJ as some kind of anti-corruption hero... I don't buy that at all, and never have.

 

IMHO, you can't rise to the top ranks of the RTP, as he and the others have, without being complicit in who knows what kind of ongoing shennanigans across the entire force...

 

My read is, it's not about corruption vs anti-corruption. It's about who gets to run the show and who will control where the monies go and who benefits the most and gains the opportunity to advance their friends vs who's going to get sidelined and not get the bigger cut of the pie.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, Dont confuse me said:

And did they enter? A search warrant normally gives the bearer power from the courts to enter the named premises.

A subsequent news report from Thai PBS indicated the police ultimately entered and searched his house, with BJ claiming nothing incriminating was found.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/raid-on-my-house-is-result-of-internal-conflicts-deputy-national-police-chief-surachate/

 

"The search found nothing illegal, so he said he will assign his legal team to take action against police.He claimed that the raid was the result internal conflicts in the police force, as he has been responsible for many big cases that could affect many groups of people."

 

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

5 hours ago, Presnock said:

I was kinda shocked at this headline and the short report.  But as an American who is embarrassed by my own politicians and rich barons that care only for themselves and not the nation nor its people, I shouldn't be surprised about this raid either.  However, I will let the courts here decided what has gone wrong.

As for the US, I saw a headline today "American politics, the corrupt Road to Riches".  It permeates every level in the US today.

 

You Americans have to make everything about yourselves.  Reminder, this topic is about a raid on a Thai senior policeman.

[snoop1130]

Deputy Police Chief’s Close Aides Allegedly Involving in Online Gambling Activities

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 25 (TNA) – Eight close aides of the deputy national police chief are allegedly involved in online gambling, said Pol Lt Gen Triarong Piewphan, head of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT).

 

The police on Monday morning conducted search operations at 30 locations in six provinces to crack down on 12 illegal online gambling websites. Among those locations was a house of Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief in Bangkok.

 

Full story: Thai News Agency 2023-09-25

 

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[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, geisha said:

Curious where you saw that it was Surachat who recommended the government ??? 

It was Surachat some months back who said he planned to propose to the then-incoming government a substantial increase in the financial requirements for retirement extensions and visas.... supposedly to ward off foreign criminals. His comments were reported in the BKK Post.

 

[snoop1130]

“Big Joke” Denies Involvement in Online Gambling

 

 

BANGKOK, Sept 25 (TNA) – Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn aka Big Joke has asserted that he is not associated with online gambling. Instead, he believes that what has occurred is a political maneuver within the Royal Thai Police, aimed at tarnishing his reputation.

 

He spoke to the media after his house in Soi Wipawadi 60 was searched by the police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau Police and arrest warrants were issued for his subordinates.

 

Full story: Thai News Agency 2023-09-25

 

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