Thai Police this Monday launched an investigation against the deputy director of the police for alleged corruption. Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn, He is tasked with overseeing the investigations against Spaniard Daniel Sancho into the murder of Colombian Edwin Arrieta.
A group of agents searched Hakparn’s home in Bangkok this morning. To seek evidence of alleged bribery of approximately 140 million baht ($3.89 million or 3.65 million euros) from an illegal online gambling group, Thai state media PBS reported.
There is currently no arrest warrant for Hakparn. but against 30 junior police officers involved in the alleged bribery incident by a group led by Phongsiri “Bostal” Tharawongsuk. Former president of Thai football club Lamphun Warriors.
“Big Joke” Hakparn, who is known for his media profile and is one of the number one candidates in the Police Department, He was the face visible on the body during the investigation of Daniel Sancho into the murder of Arrieta on the island of Phangan last August.
Spaniard, son of actor Rodolfo Sancho and grandson of Sancho Gracia He was arrested on August 5, when he confessed to killing and dismembering the Colombian at the police station on the tourist island of Phangan (south). and was later transferred to neighboring Samui, where he was kept in temporary custody.
Thai Police continues to investigate the incident. Sancho has 84 days to serve from the time he entered the temporary prison on August 7.
After the investigation is completed, The police need to submit a report to the Samui Prosecutor’s Office. From when the trial date can be set.Sancho and Arrieta met through Instagram last year and met in Phangan on August 2. The day of the murder of the surgeon whose bodies were found in various parts of the island, including the sea.
The Spaniard appeared last Friday In a telematic hearing for the extension of temporary detention, held for the first time without a lawyer, before a Thai judge in Samui province.