{"id":777014466,"date":"2024-04-04T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014466"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:28:43","slug":"thai-deputy-police-chief-probed-for-alleged-laundering-of-gambling-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-deputy-police-chief-probed-for-alleged-laundering-of-gambling-money","title":{"rendered":"Thai deputy police chief probed for alleged laundering of gambling money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Surachate Hakparn is under investigation for alleged links to an online gambling network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- The Royal Thai Police has initiated an internal investigation into deputy national police chief\u00a0<strong>Surachate Hakparn<\/strong> for alleged involvement in a money laundering related to an online gambling network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a media briefing, acting national police chief general\u00a0<strong>Kitrat Panphet<\/strong>\u00a0said a fact-finding committee would comprise officers of equivalent rank to Surachate. He said that if the investigation reveals wrongdoing, a disciplinary inquiry committee will be convened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-labour-minister-in-favour-of-casino-legalisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thai labour minister in favour of casino legalisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An arrest warrant against Hakparn was approved on Tuesday (April 2) on the request of investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB). According to Benar News, Hakparn has been released on a bail of 100,000 baht (US$2,722). He has said he is innocent and pledged full cooperation with the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-announces-new-policy-against-gambling-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand announces new policy against gambling sites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surachate Hakparn is under investigation for alleged links to an online gambling network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thailand's deputy national police chief, Surachate Hakparn, is under internal investigation for alleged links to an online gambling network and associated money laundering. An arrest warrant was approved, and he has been released on bail, with the Royal Thai Police forming a fact-finding committee to investigate the claims. This development occurs amidst ongoing discussions regarding casino legalisation in Thailand.","focusai_entities":"Surachate Hakparn, Royal Thai Police, Kitrat Panphet, Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB), Benar News","focusai_location":"Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Thai Legalisation?","query":"What are the potential implications of this high-profile corruption investigation on Thailand's ongoing efforts to legalise and regulate its casino and iGaming sectors?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Credibility?","query":"How might this internal investigation into a senior police official affect the Royal Thai Police's credibility and effectiveness in combating illegal gambling and enforcing regulatory compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777014466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777014466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014481,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014466\/revisions\/777014481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}