SRETTHA Thavisin yesterday (Mar. 20) transferred both National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon and Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan,nicknamed Big Joke, to work at the Prime Minister’s Office after lingering charges against the latter and his subordinates of being linked to online gambling websites, Thai Rath newspaper said.

 

Pol. Gen. Kittirat Panphet was appointed acting National Police Chief.

 

Pol. Gen. Surachet and five of his subordinates were accused of being involved in the Minnie online gambling network but the National Anti-Corruption Commission decided earlier this month to itself investigate this case and not return it to the police Anti-Corruption Division to do so.

 

However another case cropped up with Tao Poon police station accusing Pol. Gen Surachet of involvement in BNK Master online gambling network.

 

by TNR Staff

Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon, left, and Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, right. Photo: Thai Rath

 

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Torsak and Surachate transferred

 

 

National police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol (L) and his deputy; Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn in a press conference today.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today ordered the transfer of two top national police generals, Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol and Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, to inactive posts at Government House for two months

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Kitrat Panphet will serve as acting national police chief.

 

The transfers came after weeks of conflict, during which National Police Chief Torsak and one of his deputies, Surachate, clashed over alleged involvement in online gambling schemes worth millions of Baht.

In an attempt to defuse the widely criticised conflicts, Torsak and Surachate appeared together at a joint press conference today to deny speculation of a high-level conflict within the Royal Thai Police.

 

They announced that the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will investigate the BNK Master online gambling case.

 

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9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thavisin yesterday (Mar. 20) transferred both National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon and Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachet Hakphan,nicknamed Big Joke, to work at the Prime Minister’s Office

Look at them, smiling and laughing, having a good old time.

They'll just wait and let things blow over.....

 

1 hour ago, flyingtlger said:

Look at them, smiling and laughing, having a good old time.

They'll just wait and let things blow over.....

 

Money safely squirreled away in some off shore acct, Yippedy dip !!

57 minutes ago, HammerGuy said:

Money safely squirreled away in some off shore acct, Yippedy dip !!

crypto wallet you mean.

It’s amazing how nobody ever gets fired. They just go to an inactive post for several months blows over and everything is the same TIT.

Cheque is in the post.

Inactive posts not prosecution seems to follow the "Big Joke" around like a bad smell. What does he know that saves him I wonder? Still, this is another example of Thai justice like 2,500 dead people and a pardon when his party gets into power by default for another "untouchable".

Second time around for Big Joke isn't it. Last time he was in the Immigration Police, stepped on some toes, and was moved there. Then He got promoted to his current position? So, what promotion next then?

1 minute ago, AhFarangJa said:

Second time around for Big Joke isn't it. Last time he was in the Immigration Police, stepped on some toes, and was moved there. Then He got promoted to his current position? So, what promotion next then?

General of inactive position's?

21 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

It’s amazing how nobody ever gets fired. They just go to an inactive post for several months blows over and everything is the same TIT.

back around 2000ish I read an article in the BKK post, that some toll booth collectors and the manager were skimming money from the toll collections. They all were transferred to inactive position, nobody got fired or asserted for theft....just transferred.

 

How nice steal from the government and dont lose your job, just sit at a desk all day doing nothing...lol

Mafia united...you don't work alone

3 hours ago, webfact said:

However another case cropped up with Tao Poon police station accusing Pol. Gen Surachet of involvement in BNK Master online gambling network.

Oh dear.... 

3 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

Look at them, smiling and laughing, having a good old time.

They'll just wait and let things blow over.....

Profits are squared away with family, friends, or oveerseas.

16 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Second time around for Big Joke isn't it. Last time he was in the Immigration Police, stepped on some toes, and was moved there. Then He got promoted to his current position? So, what promotion next then?

Not immigration again..... please

It’s so nice , get charged and punishment is to get sent to work elsewhere, in the mean time everyone else on same charges goes to jail and gets fined into millions if not hundreds of millions 

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

Not immigration again..... please

An inactive post......traffic police!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

 

"I've got more badges than you!"

"But I have more ribbons than you!"

Should be safe at EJ's office that's Enormous Joke the unelected PM 🤔

Big joke is likely one of the most corrupt officials in the entire nation, over the past decade, and it is likely that he has a billion baht or more stashed away somewhere. You cannot be deputy director of the RTP here without earning ridiculous amounts of money. So in order to defuse the situation the ridiculously corrupt and do nothing PM transfers them directly into his personal supervision. What can one say? 

"Big Joke" and "Even Bigger Joke"!

Even as a high ranked police general , he does not only have friends there .

If you consider the RTP a mafia-like structure , he probably angered another ' capo ' .

Or did not pay his share ...

He was warned a few years ago already when his car was shot at ...

Who is his boss ?

I was concerned about the timing of this picture as no credit given to photographer. But found same picture uncropped with credit to photographer Pirun Nanta. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en#inbox/FMfcgzGxSRFVkKmdwfjpmkppMQgdQHQf

8 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

I was concerned about the timing of this picture as no credit given to photographer. But found same picture uncropped with credit to photographer Pirun Nanta. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en#inbox/FMfcgzGxSRFVkKmdwfjpmkppMQgdQHQf

And arm around his mate. How sweet! Touching even.

 

(Only in Thailand.)

30 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Big joke is likely one of the most corrupt officials in the entire nation, over the past decade, and it is likely that he has a billion baht or more stashed away somewhere. You cannot be deputy director of the RTP here without earning ridiculous amounts of money.

 

You're simply recycling a trope.

 

Now, how about National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon? If the deputy earns 'ridiculous amounts of money', what does his superior 'earn'?

Transfer = Guilty!

47 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Big joke is likely one of the most corrupt officials in the entire nation, over the past decade, and it is likely that he has a billion baht or more stashed away somewhere. You cannot be deputy director of the RTP here without earning ridiculous amounts of money. So in order to defuse the situation the ridiculously corrupt and do nothing PM transfers them directly into his personal supervision. What can one say? 

Another defamer hits the net. "Likely".

 

You know nothing about the situation other than what you read in English translation so you hide your ignorance with invective.

 

 

35 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

I was concerned about the timing of this picture as no credit given to photographer. But found same picture uncropped with credit to photographer Pirun Nanta. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?hl=en#inbox/FMfcgzGxSRFVkKmdwfjpmkppMQgdQHQf

Brothers in Arms .

PM's office! all the villains together then. 

This come to mind.