Pongpat Chayaphan

Pongpat Chayaphan (born: April 22, 1956 in Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon Province) is a former Royal Thai Police officer who was the head of the country's Central Investigation Bureau.^[1]

Pongpat graduated from Samut Sakhon Wittayalai School, , Chulalongkorn University, and took an additional intelligence investigation course at the CIA University in Virginia, United States.^[2]

He is the uncle of former Crown Princess Srirasmi Suwadee.^[3]

In 2015 he was convicted of benefiting from a gambling den, violating a forestry-related law, money laundering and lese majeste.^[4] When combined with the original jail sentence, according to the judgment, he must be punished 36 years and 4 months.^[5]

References[]

^ "Thai royalty 'defamed': Top policeman charged in probe". BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ https://www.sanook.com/news/1704669/
^ "Senior Thai police sentenced to six years for lese majeste, corruption". Reuters. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Pongpat-Kowit-get-10-more-years-for-money-launderi-30254300.html
^ https://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-43207247

[1] "Thai royalty 'defamed': Top policeman charged in probe". BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[2] ttps://www.sanook.com/news/1704669/

[3] "Senior Thai police sentenced to six years for lese majeste, corruption". Reuters. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[4] ttp://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Pongpat-Kowit-get-10-more-years-for-money-launderi-30254300.html

[5] ttps://www.bbc.com/thai/thailand-43207247

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