Reporter arrested for allegedly taking bribe from commercial surrogacy gang

**misskit** · 29-05-2023, 03:16 AM

A female reporter, who claims to have close ties with Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief, is being held in police custody on bribery charges. She allegedly demanded 33 million baht from a key member of a transnational commercial surrogacy gang, who is currently in custody, in return for help in ensuring that the suspect is not prosecuted.

Surachate admits that he knows the reporter, whose name and news agency were not disclosed, and had asked her for help as an interpreter because she could speak Chinese fluently and is well known among Chinese officials adding, however, that she will be treated like any other alleged offender.

The deputy police chief said that they have received a complaint from 53-year-old “Nawaporn”, a key suspect in a commercial surrogacy gang, allegedly operated by Chinese citizens. Her complaint alleges that the reporter demanded 33 million baht from her, claiming that she is close to Surachate and could arrange for her and the other Chinese suspects to be spared from prosecution.

Nawaporn claimed that she paid the reporter 14 million baht.

Surachate said that police have investigated Nawaporn’s complaint and found there were valid grounds. A warrant for the arrest of the reporter was then sought from the court.

The reporter has been charged with demanding and receiving bribes, offences which are subject to five years in prison and/or a fine of 100,000 baht if convicted.

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**david44** · 29-05-2023, 03:29 AM

Thanks Kitty a real only in Slyam tale

Originally Posted by misskit

help in ensuring that the suspect is not prosecuted

known as the "Up to you moment "

Originally Posted by misskit

demanded 33 million baht

Odd sum until you realize it's a Million $ shakedown, X million RMB daubed with MAO just don't have that bling, used clean Benjamins please no sequences nor tracers

Originally Posted by misskit

she paid the reporter 14 million baht.

and the moral of the take?

Never chisel a rock?

**mikenot** · 29-05-2023, 08:31 PM

Apparently (according to the BP) she has been working for the police for some time, yet the cops now say the woman had a long history of crime...illegal surrogacy, people trafficking, forging documents, etc. So obviously the RTP don't bother doing any background checks on their civilian contractors !

**helge** · 29-05-2023, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by mikenot

Apparently (according to the BP) she has been working for the police for some time, yet the cops now say the woman had a long history of crime

Could be that one doesn't exclude the other

**Norton** · 30-05-2023, 05:42 AM

There’s been another bribery scandal in Thailand. A journalist has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly using her connections with a senior police officer to demand 14 million baht from a Chinese suspect in return for having charges against her dropped.

National deputy police chief Surachate “Big Joke” Hakparn revealed the arrest on Saturday, stating that Guo Rui, also known as Gegee, exploited her working relationship with the police to demand bribes. She denied the charges.

Big Joke said that he was acquainted with the journalist through work, and she was employed by the police as a coordinator due to her fluency in Chinese and her overseas connections. The police initiated an investigation after learning about her alleged intentions and obtained an arrest warrant after gathering evidence, Bangkok Post reported.

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