"Big Joke" on leave from govt service to rest with family in UK

[Bangkok Barry]

2 minutes ago, Chongalulu said:

26th March to 1 April is 10 days? You are Dianne Abbott and I claim my £5! 😜

 

I think I should be shot 

[Chongalulu]

4 days on Blackpool pleasure Beach in March is more than enough for anyone! 😞 ☔

[paul1804]

Unfortunately it seems to be how it works in Thailand for big shots like Big Joke! I guess the chain of events that have unfolded means there is some truth to the allegations levelled against him otherwise he would now be holding the top job instead of being moved sideways.

 

No wonder MFP wanted to make some reforms so there would actually be a law because as it stands if the allegations have substance then BJ has knowingly by the law enforcers broken the law!

Now he is off on overseas travel with family, can you really believe what a circus this entire scenario is!

Edited March 23 by paul1804

[Chongalulu]

1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I think I should be shot 

No Barry,No ! We'd ALL miss you too much! 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

Surely you joke... 555, they don't even issue an Interpol notice for a cop killer.

B0llocks.

[ThaiFelix]

Maybe he can pick up the other Big Joke named Boss while in Europe.

 

It amazes me the two parallel but conflicting threads about Thai police incomes.  On one side you have the very low salaries, momma noodles and near bankruptsies reported among Thai police on one side and then there is the contradictory thread where the other half have unusual wealth, businesses, mansion and family in the UK sipping tea plus fleets of luxury vehicles which is all "above board"??

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Big Joke has submitted a leave application to the Prime Minister's Office to travel abroad with his family, returning on April 1st - while investigators have sent three summonses.

Nice relationship...

[jimn]

No way he could get a UK in this short timescale. If he really is going to the UK it must have been planned weeks ago.

[NanLaew]

5 hours ago, anchadian said:

I wonder if he'll meet up with a certain Red Bull family member.

 

Christ on a bike, not that again!?

 

Must be sad not having two original thoughts to rub together?

[NanLaew]

Just now, jimn said:

No way he could get a UK in this short timescale. If he really is going to the UK it must have been planned weeks ago.

 

Breaking news!... more than 85% of people make their travel plans in advance.

 

More at ten.

[Thingamabob]

He says he will return to Thailand on 1 April after just 5 days in the UK. Not much of a vacation.

[Ironmike]

I'm shocked who is he going to leave in charge of all his illegal online gambling business, the brown envelopes, drug dens, chopshops etc

[smew]

going for spent some cash on tea.. or is it tea money  

[NanLaew]

28 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

He says he will return to Thailand on 1 April after just 5 days in the UK. Not much of a vacation.

 

From the first OP,

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

This leave is for personal matters in Nong Khai province. Subsequently, he will travel for a family vacation in the United Kingdom on March 26th, reported Siam Rath.

 

It's a typo. He's in NK (Nong Khai), not the UK.

 

There ya go, I got your panties unbunched for ya.

 

[bamnutsak]

It sounds like he will have to return ASAP to answer the second summons.

 

If he does not an arrest warrant could be issued.

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

39 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Breaking news!... more than 85% of people make their travel plans in advance.

 

More at ten.

More than 95% of people have to cancel their travel plans when facing court summons for serious corruption charges.

 

More at ten. 

[nobodysfriend]

38 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

He says he will return to Thailand on 1 April after just 5 days in the UK. Not much of a vacation.

 

 

He  said april 1st , but he did not say what year .

Edited March 23 by nobodysfriend

[Cabradelmar]

Smart thing to do is to never return. I'm sure he has substantial funds stashed somewhere to live quite comfortably overseas indefinitely.

[khunjeff]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Police Lieutenant General Surachate disclosed to the press via telephone that today, as prearranged, Police Lieutenant General Torsak Sukwimol, the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police...

 

Big Joke and Torsak are both full (four-star) Police Generals, not (three-star) Lieutenant Generals! Even if someone didn't know this, they could see it clearly from BJ's shoulder board in the photo.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

21 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

Smart thing to do is to never return. I'm sure he has substantial funds stashed somewhere to live quite comfortably overseas indefinitely.

He won’t be living in the UK, if an arrest warrant is issued he will likely be deported.

[Elkski]

35 bank accounts?  Overall im confused

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He is responsible and won't hold a press conference? 

If this guy is found to be crooked when he was much in the public eye just imagine the corruption! Boundless. 

[Mickboy]

Big joke was calling big shots on expat retirement visa costs so I hope he comes a big cropper because he's a big ....

[GroveHillWanderer]

1 hour ago, jimn said:

No way he could get a UK in this short timescale. If he really is going to the UK it must have been planned weeks ago.

If you meant to say "get a UK visa" rather than "get a UK" then firstly we don't know that he didn't plan this weeks ago and secondly he might already hold a 2, 5 or 10 year visit visa for the UK. They're not that hard to get.

[Cabradelmar]

25 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

He won’t be living in the UK, if an arrest warrant is issued he will likely be deported.

 

UK could just be a smoke screen... he could make a left turn and head to Brazil. Could also head to a number of countries in Africa, or even some of the former Soviet states (besides Russia). There are a number a countries that don't have extradition treaties with THA. 

[JensenZ]

10 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

The UK is the perfect place for hin.

The man who was especially tough on Farang is going on vacation in Farangland? 🤣

[jimn]

5 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

If you meant to say "get a UK visa" rather than "get a UK" then firstly we don't know that he didn't plan this weeks ago and secondly he might already hold a 2, 5 or 10 year visit visa for the UK. They're not that hard to get.

Yes typo error missed out the word visa. The article implies he is visting the UK at short notice. Agree on the second part about he possibly could already have a long term visa. I agree a UK visa not that hard to get as my wife has had 3 x 1 year, a 5 year and now a 10 year visa. Many people would disagree however.

[parallelman]

Maybe he wants to watch some Red Bull Formula 1 racing

[parallelman]

Maybe he wants to watch some Red Bull Formula 1 racing

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, Artisi said:

He would probably have an government passport that is supposedly only for use on official business, not holidays. 

And do his family members also have Diplomatic Passports?

[GroveHillWanderer]

13 minutes ago, jimn said:

Yes typo error missed out the word visa. The article implies he is visting the UK at short notice. Agree on the second part about he possibly could already have a long term visa. I agree a UK visa not that hard to get as my wife has had 3 x 1 year, a 5 year and now a 10 year visa. Many people would disagree however.

Similarly, my wife has had a whole bunch of 1 year visas, one 2 year visa, one 5 year visa, and two 10 year visas. Never had a problem with any of them.