Major roles for crime suppression in Thailand delegated by police chief in a reshuffle of positions

[webfact]

 

The Thai National Police Chief today issued an order to delegate responsibilities to 11 special crime suppression centres. The order, number 600/2023, dated October 28, assigned Roy Ingkaphairoj, the Deputy National Police Chief, as the head of the Anti-Money Laundering Centre of the National Police Office.

 

Under Roy’s supervision, Ittipon Atchariyapradit, the Assistant National Police Chief, will serve as the deputy director of the centre. Another Deputy National Police Chief, Tatchai Pitaniela, will be in charge of the Cybercrime Suppression Centre, with Thatchai Pitaniela, as his deputy.

 

In the Child, Woman, and Family Protection and Human Trafficking Suppression Centre, Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, the Deputy National Police Chief, will be the director, with Pakapoom Sajchaphun, the Assistant National Police Chief, as his deputy.

 

The Deputy National Police Chief, Krittirat Phanpet, will lead the Illegal Logging, Forest Destruction, and Natural Resources Crime Suppression Centre. His deputy will be the Assistant National Police Chief, Kornchai Klaikleung.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-31

 

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[dddave]

Looks like "Big Joke" is being moved to a smaller stage.  Not as many nightly news stand-ups in women and children's divisions.

[bamnutsak]

3 minutes ago, dddave said:

Looks like "Big Joke" is being moved to a smaller stage.  Not as many nightly news stand-ups in women and children's divisions.

 

 

Big Joke has been active in the Human Trafficking area for a few years. He helped "clean up" the fishing scandal a few years back. He has been sent to the U.S. to brief them on Thailand's attempts to restrict human trafficking, in hopes of getting a good TIP review.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1272109-big-joke-going-after-eleven-corrupt-officials-in-multi-million-baht-illegal-fishing-case/

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/big-joke-to-visit-america-to-discuss-thailands-human-trafficking-ranking

 

 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

Big Joke is again back in the Office - probably be for a few years while this 'raid' on his House settles down.  I expect he will be back, bigger than ever in a few years.

Anyone know what group the Immigration Police comes under?

[bamnutsak]

1 minute ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Anyone know what group the Immigration Police comes under?

 

Royal Thai Police.

 

The Commissioner of Immigration reports to the Commandant of Royal Thai Police.

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy National Police Chief, Tatchai Pitaniela, will be in charge of the Cybercrime Suppression Centre, with Thatchai Pitaniela, as his deputy.

Meet Tatchai and his deputy, Thatchai.

Or, Tat &That, for short

[TroubleandGrumpy]

41 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

Royal Thai Police.

The Commissioner of Immigration reports to the Commandant of Royal Thai Police.

Cheers - a separate Division within the Police Force.

I hope that one day they might be abolished and replaced within the Dept of Foreign Affairs.

Maybe then they would be more 'influenced' by the Govt, and maybe 'encourage' Expats, instead of treating us like paroled criminals.

 

[hotchilli]

Quite the array of badges....

[spidermike007]

6 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

 

Big Joke has been active in the Human Trafficking area for a few years. He helped "clean up" the fishing scandal a few years back. He has been sent to the U.S. to brief them on Thailand's attempts to restrict human trafficking, in hopes of getting a good TIP review.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1272109-big-joke-going-after-eleven-corrupt-officials-in-multi-million-baht-illegal-fishing-case/

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/big-joke-to-visit-america-to-discuss-thailands-human-trafficking-ranking

 

 

 

That's "supposed" clean up took place after an award-winning documentary film came out and the director of the film nearly won a Nobel Peace Prize. Ghost Fleet is a must watch for anyone interested in this tragic issue. As was always the case with the Biggest joke, it was far more show than substance, and led to few convictions. 

 

The problems continue to this day, and Thailand still has a an enormous human trafficking and slavery problem, that likely includes officers at the highest level in the army and ministers within the government, who profit greatly from the industry. 

 

It's extremely difficult to get solid numbers on it, because it's a black market. The Thai government says this is all in the past, but that is belied by the fact that there are rescues going on all the time. The government is taking admirable steps in the right direction in terms of putting more boots on boats, but they lag way behind in prosecuting captains or owners. And while Thailand is not alone — there are certainly incidents on boats ranging from South Korea to Scotland — Thailand still leads the pack in terms of the scale of this problem.

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/15/741138111/this-fearless-woman-is-fighting-to-keep-slavery-out-of-your-seafood

 

[mikebell]

'a reshuffle of positions' at the trough.

[Gsxrnz]

6 minutes ago, mikebell said:

'a reshuffle of positions' at the trough.

 

"Should there ever be a trough, there will be pigs". Alexander Pushkin

[mikebell]

16 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

 

"Should there ever be a trough, there will be pigs". Alexander Pushkin

AKA RTP - Alexander Pumpkin.