THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) decided at a meeting today (Mar. 4) to itself investigate a case against Deputy Police Chief Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, and five of his subordinates involving allegations of links to a gambling website and not return it police Anti-Corruption Division to do so, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon.
The six of them have been accused of violating sections 157 and 149 of the Criminal Code over charges of being linked to the Minnie gambling website network.
There are two cases involving the Minnie gambling website network, allegedly run by Ms. Suchanun Sucharitchinsri, 25, also known Minnie, with there being 61 suspects in the main one, among them police officers and ordinary people with damage totalling over 300 million baht, which NACC has handed back to police Anti-Corruption Division for investigation.
However NACC today decided to itself carry out an investigation into the second case filed by police Anti-Corruption Division and not return it to this police division as had been requested.
CAPTION:
Deputy Police Chief Pol.Gen. Surachate Hakparn. Top photo: Thai Rath, Front Page photo: Naewna
Also read: Big Joke dismisses involvement in money-laundering, online gambling charges
Ex-police chief suspects plot in search of ‘Big Joke’s’ house
Big Joke’s house searched after team members were netted in online gambling raids
PM leads “Peace Through Tourism” visit to South Thailand
Thaksin most politically powerful person: NIDA poll
Supreme Court clears Yingluck in negligence case
Prawit pays personal visit to Lao PM in Vientiane
One Reply to “Graft-busters not sending case against Big Joke back to police”