"Big Joke" has filed a complaint to the Chair of the Police Commission seeking disciplinary and criminal charges against "Big Tai" over police officers accepting bribes from online gambling, linking the financial trail to a former National Police Chief, and providing clarification regarding the court's dismissal of the horse account case involving Lt. Col. Krit, a close subordinate.
At 10:00 a.m. on 16 Dec 2025 GMT+7, at the Police Inspector General's office, Police General Surachate Hakpal, former Deputy National Police Chief, submitted a complaint letter to Police Lieutenant General Sorasak Yenprem, Chair of the Police Complaint Review Committee (Police Commission), requesting disciplinary action against Police General Kittirat Phanphet, National Police Chief. The investigation committee was formed under Police Order 177/2025, chaired by former Deputy National Police Chief Police General Sarawut Karphanich.
He lodged the complaint to have disciplinary and criminal proceedings initiated against National Police Chief Kittirat Phanphet for neglecting and delaying action against 32 police officers who accepted bribes from online gambling paid by Ms. Pimwilai. Surachate had previously submitted this information to Mr. Rangsiman Rome, Chair of the Parliamentary Security Commission on Thai Border Affairs, National Strategy, and Country Reform. Today, he submitted the complaint to the Police Commission as well.
Among the 32 officers is former National Police Chief Police General Torsak Suwimon, whose financial connections extend to his wife, brother, and sister. The Police Commission has already found Police General Torsak culpable. Conversely, Surachate says he was persecuted and dismissed from service after being accused of accepting gambling bribes. He filed the complaint to seek justice for himself and to set a precedent for cracking down on police officers who accept gambling bribes.
He also clarified the case in which the Bangkok South Criminal Court dismissed the horse account charges against Lt. Col. Krit Priyaket, former deputy head of the narcotics division at Phra Samut Chedi Police Station, a close subordinate. The court found that the accounts Lt. Col. Krit used did not involve any financial transactions related to gambling, thus they were not considered horse accounts. Therefore, Surachate said he is not involved in receiving gambling bribes either.
Additionally, at 3:00 p.m. today, he will go to the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases to file a lawsuit against Mr. Suchart Mongkollertlop, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Administrative Court, and all 61 administrative court clerks who reviewed and gave opinions on his case, charging them with dereliction of duty. Their lawful decisions were deemed misconduct causing damage to him. Previously, Surachate had filed one lawsuit against Mr. Suchart, but he declined to disclose details about this new filing.