Surachate 'Big Joke' Hakparn challenges Thai PM over dismissal

[Pouatchee]

34 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

His wife is uber rich. ie lots and lots of money.

 

not his wife, daddy in law... 

[Dan O]

1 hour ago, Pouatchee said:

 

link? proof?

likely his family got wealthy thanks to his corruption. i read an and defunct thaivisa daily and many times a day and i never saw a hint his family is rich before the fact

 

so back up what you are saying. boring these guys who think a cop in thailand isnt corrupt... or maybe naive

a quick google search would give you some info f you both to check : His wife, Sirinadda Hakparn, owned stocks in five companies worth over 10.17 million baht². On September 26, 2023, He stated that he received an inheritance from his wife’s father when he died, which was almost a billion baht. He was about to receive nearly a billion baht from his mother-in-law, who manages the wealth of the family.

[Dan O]

1 hour ago, Pouatchee said:

 

link? proof?

likely his family got wealthy thanks to his corruption. i read an and defunct thaivisa daily and many times a day and i never saw a hint his family is rich before the fact

 

so back up what you are saying. boring these guys who think a cop in thailand isnt corrupt... or maybe naive

a quick google search would give you some info f you both to check : His wife, Sirinadda Hakparn, owned stocks in five companies worth over 10.17 million baht². On September 26, 2023, He stated that he received an inheritance from his wife’s father when he died, which was almost a billion baht. He was about to receive nearly a billion baht from his mother-in-law, who manages the wealth of the family.

[Pouatchee]

8 minutes ago, Dan O said:

a quick google search would give you some info f you both to check : His wife, Sirinadda Hakparn, owned stocks in five companies worth over 10.17 million baht². On September 26, 2023, He stated that he received an inheritance from his wife’s father when he died, which was almost a billion baht. He was about to receive nearly a billion baht from his mother-in-law, who manages the wealth of the family.

 

thank you for that. what this shows in fact is that this guy isnt after the money, but rather the power. which, is even worse, considering that he can afford to bribe, corrupt and manipulate anyone who would dare stand against him. normal people would retire and enjoy life. power hungry fiends just cant get enough... its always more more more

[off road pat]

2 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

The guy has so much more wealth than what his salary is come on you know the guy corrupt TIT

He has a rich wife ! Just like many others or politicians !! A great way of explaining some wealth !

[digger70]

2 hours ago, Lopburikid said:

Thats what I thought, but some on here told me he has a wife who is worth billions, not in Baht, but in US$. I have yet to see evidence of it.

Pol General Surachate Hakparn

Surachate used to receive a monthly salary of 39,090 to 76,800 baht.

Upon further investigation, it was found that his wife Sirinadda Hakparn owned stocks in five companies worth over 10.17 million baht.

On September 26, 2023, he told the media, "As for the source of the money, I can answer where it all comes from: By receiving an inheritance from my wife's father when he died. It's almost a billion baht already. The inheritance that I am about to receive from my mother-in-law, who manages the wealth, is worth nearly a billion baht."

[RobU]

6 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

i just cant trust any pig... no matter how many apparent good deeds he apparently did. when public officials are wealthier than what their salaries could possibly allow, there has to be something rotten somewhere. 

How many times do people have to be told. Big Joke does not depend on his salary. He, and his wife, both come from wealthy families his wife inherited billions from her father. He joined the police as a vocation, not for the money. That is why they fear him so much, he can't be corrupted by bribery

[Pouatchee]

2 minutes ago, RobU said:

He joined the police as a vocation, not for the money.

 

and you really believe this?

i believe where there is smoke...

 

did he have money in his early 20's when he likely joined?

Edited June 25 by Pouatchee

[RobU]

3 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

 

not his wife, daddy in law... 

No, his wife is also rich

[RobU]

Just now, Pouatchee said:

 

and you really believe this?

i believe where there is smoke...

Impossible to discuss this with you. You have your opinion which I believe is wrong. No matter what evidence to his lack of corruption is presented to you, you will still state that he must be corrupt because he is a policeman because you hate the police

[Pouatchee]

1 minute ago, RobU said:

Impossible to discuss this with you. You have your opinion which I believe is wrong. No matter what evidence to his lack of corruption is presented to you, you will still state that he must be corrupt because he is a policeman because you hate the police

 

and you are biased in his favor. wht on earth? who knows. but i am willing to bet that i am more likely right.

 

but... you said he joined because it is his vocation. was he rich at the time he joined? or did he join because of the potential of spoils. when i brought this up you shut up just like a clam. 'because i said so' is the weakest argument there is

[scorecard]

6 hours ago, mokwit said:

The problem with someone being 53 years old and being made Chief of Police is that 7 other Generals won't get their turn.

 

 

You seem to be saying that because their names are on a list of folks who joined the RTP many years ago they are all entitled to hold the position of national police chef.

 

I'm well aware that this is the way it has been working but it's not the law / regulation. 

[RobU]

46 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

 

and you really believe this?

i believe where there is smoke...

 

did he have money in his early 20's when he likely joined?

Yes to both points, you essentially make 3 statements

1. he is corrupt because he is rich

OR

2. he is corrupt because he is a policeman

OR

your latest is

3. he is corrupt because he is ambitious

 

You have provided no evidence whatsoever to back up those 3 statements

[RobU]

47 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

 

and you are biased in his favor. wht on earth? who knows. but i am willing to bet that i am more likely right.

 

but... you said he joined because it is his vocation. was he rich at the time he joined? or did he join because of the potential of spoils. when i brought this up you shut up just like a clam. 'because i said so' is the weakest argument there is

Yes he was from a wealthy family

Everything you say is pure supposition with no evidence to back it up. each time someone demonstrates that your current supposition is wrong, you make up another supposition which is even less realistic. I reckon your next supposition will be that he is corrupt because he is an alien from outer space🤣😂🤣😂

Edited June 25 by RobU

[sambum]

4 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

 

not his wife, daddy in law... 

Pol Gen Surachate said the money he spends comes from his wife Sirinatda, the daughter of Bancha Panitchapong, a billionaire transport and property tycoon in Songkhla, his home province.

 

The daughter probably has a rather large bank account in her own right.

 

[Acharn]

This is the way Thai politics used to be. I very much miss Police Captain Chalerm and his threats to expose corruption.

[Stocky]

16 minutes ago, sambum said:

Pol Gen Surachate said the money he spends comes from his wife Sirinatda, the daughter of Bancha Panitchapong, a billionaire transport and property tycoon in Songkhla, his home province.

 

The daughter probably has a rather large bank account in her own right.  

Her father died, her inheritance was over billion Baht. She's a qualified doctor, but runs a cosmetics business.

 

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Edited June 25 by Stocky

[bob smith]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Police Virtue Protection Committee

....what in gods name is that!!

 

bob.

[Stocky]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

....what in gods name is that!!

 

bob.

Similar to The Pattaya Prostitutes Virginity Protection Committee 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

One of the top Police Officers is on social media criticising the PM and threatening to take him to NACC.

The PM himself is facing a Court case against him that could result in him being forced to resign.

The popular vote winning MFP Party was not allowed to form Government.

The Leader of the MFP is facing being sacked and banned from politics for 10 years (they tried to ban him for a media shares technicality).

A past PM has returned to the country with a slap on the wrist,  and is now working behind the scenes doing who knows what.

And so many other political and economic issues are infesting Thailand's leaders as they squabble for power and control post Junta.

All while the economy is slowly falling down all around them.

And the Military is quietly watching and waiting to see what happens.

 

Who knows where this will all lead. Will there be a civil revolt if Pita is sacked and banned. Will the coalition fall apart if Srettha is sacked. Will the Red and Yellow teams start fighting again. What is going to happen if this all goes to pieces yet again - another military coup?

 

Is it any wonder the economy is in tatters and foreign investment is not returning to Thailand. 

Meanwhile they are pushing for another few million cheap Charlies from China, India etc. to come and visit with some success.

But the local tourism business are telling the PM to his face "Where are all the Europeans? They spend more money here".

And the Thai Tax Department is making threats about taxing the money 400-500K Expats who bring billions into Thailand every year.

Meanwhile the PM is talking about building a multi-billion baht racetrack for the F1 racing.

After all that talking about a cross country bypass for shipping to avoid Singapore went nowhere.  

And so many other 'pie in the sky' hare-brained ideas and brain pharrts.

 

Thailand is in tatters. The current leadership is incapable of ruling for the benefit of the Thai people and is not capable of making rational decisions and developing coherent economic strategies.  At least the Junta had some control and direction.  Maybe the new Senate will offer a political platform for some sort of rational leadership in this country.  Maybe Thaksin knew this would happen and is preparing to pick up the pieces when it all falls apart.  This country needs a Leader - someone who will take charge and organise/control the minions and steer the ship in the right direction - and run over anyone trying to get in his/her way. 

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, Acharn said:

This is the way Thai politics used to be. I very much miss Police Captain Chalerm and his threats to expose corruption.

 

The corrupt exposing the corrupt...

 

I guess some folks are aware of his early history destroying infrastructure so that people in Thonburi had no choice but to buy very expensive water from his water trucks. Such a pleasant man.

 

His sons still have a lot to answer for.

 

My own son, when at uni, worked as a barman in one of the big bars in the radio city complex.  Owner of the bar where my son worked gave regular pep talks to his staff early evening. Always mentioned 'if Chalerm's sons or their thug minders appear listen carefully to what they say and serve exactly what they ask for and move back, never ask for money, never try to engage them in conversation'.

 

There was an incident when a young barman bumped slightly into one of the thug minders on the busy stairs, no damage done in any way, the young barman apologised but was quickly grabbed and his hands held behind his back by 2 thugs whilst another thug and a son beat him up. 

 

My son came home from work early morning, he woke me up and told me what had happened. He had never experienced / seen violence and it shook him. My son was a strong rugby player but this experience really shook him.

 

I guess about 12:00 am he called the club office and resigned and quickly hung up. Son asked me if I would please increase his monthly allowance (which I had offered to do several times previous to this incident) so that he didn't need to work. 

 

Why would anybody miss Chalerm.

Edited June 25 by scorecard

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

Well, I would have given this article the headline: "Big Joke throws toys out of pram". Torsak is due to retire in three months, so who will be next at the head of the trough?

[Bday Prang]

13 hours ago, NemoH said:

Everyone of them is wealthy … only if you tell me they were already wealthy before they join the police force then I will start to trust them a little … lol

if they were so wealthy before,  then why would they bother joining the police?  Never trust them, even the friendly ones

[Trip Hop]

10 hours ago, RobU said:

Yes he was from a wealthy family

Everything you say is pure supposition with no evidence to back it up. each time someone demonstrates that your current supposition is wrong, you make up another supposition which is even less realistic. I reckon your next supposition will be that he is corrupt because he is an alien from outer space🤣😂🤣😂

He may well be one of the better ones and I have no interest in debating whether his family has wealth or not; or where it came from if they have?

 

However, what I will say is that you are wearing extremely rose tinted glasses. I won’t disclose on here exactly how I know but I do.
 

What I will tell you though is that he has been connected to the horologist from a very young age and therefore he was never going to be your average Joe. If you doubt this last bit, just remind yourself which office previously he has always been transferred back to whenever he has been taken off active duty?

Edited June 25 by Trip Hop

[mokwit]

11 hours ago, scorecard said:

You seem to be saying that because their names are on a list of folks who joined the RTP many years ago they are all entitled to hold the position of national police chef.

 

I'm well aware that this is the way it has been working but it's not the law / regulation. 

Nope, not at all, there are multiple Generals vying for the position each year which is for one year usually due there being some kind of convention that you are eligible at around age 59 it seems. Hapkarn has outside patronage apparently and this is upsetting things.

[RobU]

4 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

if they were so wealthy before,  then why would they bother joining the police?  Never trust them, even the friendly ones

Because he wants to be occupied. I suspect sitting around 'being rich' is a bit like being forcibly retired, it's boring. 

Edited June 25 by RobU

[RobU]

3 hours ago, Trip Hop said:

He may well be one of the better ones and I have no interest in debating whether his family has wealth or not; or where it came from if they have?

 

However, what I will say is that you are wearing extremely rose tinted glasses. I won’t disclose on here exactly how I know but I do.
 

What I will tell you though is that he has been connected to the horologist from a very young age and therefore he was never going to be your average Joe. If you doubt this last bit, just remind yourself which office previously he has always been transferred back to whenever he has been taken off active duty?

A horologist is a watchmaker. How does being connected to a watchmaker make him corrupt?

[Lopburikid]

18 hours ago, digger70 said:

Pol General Surachate Hakparn

Surachate used to receive a monthly salary of 39,090 to 76,800 baht.

Upon further investigation, it was found that his wife Sirinadda Hakparn owned stocks in five companies worth over 10.17 million baht.

On September 26, 2023, he told the media, "As for the source of the money, I can answer where it all comes from: By receiving an inheritance from my wife's father when he died. It's almost a billion baht already. The inheritance that I am about to receive from my mother-in-law, who manages the wealth, is worth nearly a billion baht."

Yes, but where did they get all that money from????????😁

[lordgrinz]

29 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

Yes, but where did they get all that money from????????😁

 

This is Thailand, the land of corruption, accepted by all levels of society.......I'd be more inclined to believe it's from ill-gotten gains.

[digger70]

40 minutes ago, Lopburikid said:

Yes, but where did they get all that money from????????😁

A deputy national police chief earns a base salary of 78,000 baht a month. Pol Gen Surachate said the money he spends comes from his wife Sirinatda, the daughter of Bancha Panitchapong, a billionaire transport and property tycoon in Songkhla, his home province.