'Big Joke's' fall from powerListen to this articleSurachate: Ready to fightFrom deputy police chief to a man facing arrest warrants, the downfall of Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn has become one of the country's most dramatic policing sagas. Pol Gen Surachate, 55, once among the most recognisable faces in the Royal Thai Police (RTP), has now been dismissed from the RTP. On the same day as the raid, courts issued arrest warrants for eight senior police officers under Pol Gen Surachate's command. In response, Pol Gen Surachate authorised his lawyer to file counter-complaints against Pol Gen Torsak at Tao Poon Police Station, alleging his rival also had financial links to mule accounts. The cases of Pol Gen Surachate have already reshaped public trust in the police, and its final chapter is still unwritten.
