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‘Big Joke’ files false-complaint charge against former aide
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/01/2026
» Former deputy police chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn has filed a complaint accusing a former aide of making a false report, just hours after the latter lodged an assault complaint against him.
Abuse complaints latest legal headache for ‘Big Joke’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/01/2026
» Police say they expect to question more witnesses as well as victims of alleged abuse committed by former deputy police chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn against his subordinates.
‘Nominees’ linked to B2bn condo development
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/05/2025
» Thai police have arrested a Chinese-led nominee group suspected of acquiring land worth 2 billion baht for a luxury condominium project in Rayong province.
Bangkok cops under fire over 'drunk' driver death
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/07/2024
» Police will investigate to find the real cause behind the tragedy in which a sick 41-year-old male driver died after being held at Yannawa Police Station in Bangkok for two hours after police mistook his illness for drunk driving.
Ex-policeman given life sentence
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2024
» The Criminal Court on Friday sentenced a former police lieutenant to death for killing a businessman in late December but commuted the penalty to life in prison in light of his helpful testimony.
‘Big Joke’ suspended from police force
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/04/2024
» The acting national police chief has suspended deputy chief Surachate Hakparn and four subordinates accused of involvement with an online gambling network, according to a source familiar with the case.
‘Big Joke’ turns himself in
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/04/2024
» Deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn turned himself in to police to answer charges of money laundering, just hours after investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest on Tuesday.
Four charges laid in tollway killing case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/01/2024
» Police have pressed four charges against a police officer who allegedly shot dead a 30-year-old businessman who hired him as a driver on an expressway in Wang Thonglang district late on Friday night. Pol Col Jessada Yangnok, commander of Wang Thong Lang police station, said investigators yesterday sent Pol Lt Narongwat Thachata, former deputy inspector of Hua Mak station, to be remanded in custody at the Criminal Court, the start of his 12-day detention period.
Student says shooting was a part of initiation
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/12/2023
» A 20-year-old student submitted a statement confessing to shooting and killing a vocational student and a female teacher in Klong Toey district last month, saying the slaying was part of a sophomore year induction adopted by his gang.
600kg compressed marijuana seized, five arrested
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/11/2021
» Five members of a drug network have been arrested separately in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima with 600 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana seized.