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'Big Joke' seen at headquarters
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/04/2019
» Surachate Hakparn, aka "Big Joke", removed on Friday as Immigration Bureau chief, reported to the Royal Thai Police head office on Monday after vanishing from the limelight since his reassignment, a police source said.
'Big Joke' transferred to police HQ
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/04/2019
» Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, the country’s highest-profile policeman, has been transferred to the Royal Thai Police Operations Centre under an order signed by national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda. No reasons were given.
319 foreigners arrested in latest 'outlaws' raids
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/10/2018
» A total of 319 foreigners were arrested for immigration offences in the latest "outlaw tourists" raids, which targeted 337 locations across the country early on Friday morning.
'Big Joke' tipped to be immigration chief
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/09/2018
» Deputy tourist police chief Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn is tipped to become the new Immigration Bureau (IB) commissioner in the upcoming annual police reshuffle.
Ban threat for teen in rape case
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/09/2018
» Police have threatened to blacklist a 19-year-old British girl and deny her entry to Thailand indefinitely if she fails to counter investigators' findings that her rape claim on Koh Tao is groundless.
Six Chinese held, online gambling operation busted
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/07/2018
» Six Chinese nationals were arrested for using Thailand as a base for an online gambling racket during a raid on two luxury houses in San Sai district of Chiang Mai.
Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.
Police chief returns from Frankfurt alone after ex-monk 'claims asylum'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda returned to Bangkok from Frankfurt on Wednesday -- without the fugitive former monk from Wat Samphanthawong he had hoped to escort back to Thai soil from Germany.
Police add 3 accomplices to monk hunt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/05/2018
» Police are hunting two Thais and one Lao national who are believed to have helped two senior monks flee as they were being sought in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
36 foreigners detained in coordinated raids
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 17/05/2018
» Thirty-six foreign nationals and one Thai were detained during Tourist Police-led raids in 104 locations across the country in the early hours of Thursday.