2023-09-25 09:22:59
Updated Monday, September 25, 2023 – 09:22
At the moment there is no arrest warrant against Hakparn, but there is against 30 of his police officers involved in a case of bribery from a betting house
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The Thai shelf launched an investigation for alleged corruption against the deputy director of the force, Surachate ‘Big Joke’ Hakparn, in charge of supervising the investigations against the Spaniard Daniel Sancho for the murder of the Colombian Edwin Arrieta.
A group of agents searched Hakparn’s residence in Bangkok to search for evidence related to the alleged bribery of some 140 million baht (3.89 million dollars or 3.65 million euros) from an illegal online betting group, reported the state media Thai PBS.
At the moment there is no arrest warrant against Hakparn, but there is against 30 of his subordinate police officers involved in the case of alleged bribery by a group led by Phongsiri ‘Bostal’ Tharawongsukformer president of the Thai football club Lamphun Warriors.
‘Big Joke’ Hakparn, known for his media profile and one of the candidates for number one in the Police, has been the visible face of the force during the investigation of Daniel Sancho for the murder of Arrieta last August in the Phangan island.
The Spaniard, son of the actor Rodolfo Sancho and grandson of Sancho Gracia, was arrested on August 5, when he confessed to the murder and dismemberment of the Colombian at the police station on the tourist island of Phangan and was then transferred to the neighboring Samuiwhere he is in provisional prison.
The Thai Police are still working on the investigation of the case, for which they have a period of 84 days from Sancho’s entry into provisional prison on August 7.
Once the investigation is completed, the Police must deliver a report to the Samui Prosecutor’s Office, from which point a trial date can be set.
Sancho and Arrieta met last year through Instagram and had met in Phangan on August 2, the day on which the incident supposedly took place. murder of the surgeonwhose remains have been found in various locations on the island, including the sea.
The Spaniard appeared last Friday without a lawyer for the first time before a Thai judge in the district of Samui in a telematic hearing to extend the provisional prison.
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