webfact Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Big Joke to fly to England to interview teen who claimed rape on Koh Tao File photo The deputy commissioner of the Thai Tourist Police has revealed that he is set to fly to England to interview the 19 year old who claims she was raped on the controversial island of Koh Tao. Maj-Gen Surachate Hakpan - known in the Thai media as Big Joke - told INN that he has made representations to the British Embassy and will go to England soon. The alleged victim - who Thaivisa understands to be Isabel Baxter or Issy from South London - has spoken to three UK newspapers alleging she was drugged and raped in June. She claims police refused to take her report on Koh Pangan only reporting a theft. INN reported that the British Embassy in Bangkok are concerned about the motives of the teen after she went to the media but did not contact them. Where a meeting will take place is yet to be decided as the Thai police work in conjunction with the embassy. INN said they understood that the metropolitan police in London are involved in the case though there has been no contact regarding DNA allegedly on a t-shirt. Maj-Gen Surachate, who found no evidence of a rape having occurred on a recent trip to the island in Surat Thani province, reiterated that should the accusations prove to be false the Thai authorities would seek the prosecution of the teen. He again said that the administrators of the online group "CSI LA" and The Samui Times are to be prosecuted but that more time is needed to finalize matters. The owner of the CSI LA site is thought to be a Thai person with US nationality and the editor of the Samui Times has been reported as being a British woman. Neither has been reported as being in custody. Source: INN -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 As I am the apprentice my Master Sith Lord told me to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Lets hope The Sun and The Times and others are at the airport to ask all sorts of questions about Koh Tao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kotsak Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hope he doesn't mix up his wife's and mia nois' shopping lists ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Photo Caption: "Will you be flying first class?" "Of course, the owner of the bar in Koh Tao is paying my way." "Send me a selfie from the top of the London Eye." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymonddiaz Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Why is he doing that? He can't speak English. Why not send someone else who could speak the language? Free advertising I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hope he doesn’t bump into Lurking Ruskie Assasins ! Why didn’t the Thai Police interview the complainant while she was in Thailand ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 well, that's a surprise. I hope the interview will be fair with certified translaters and English police present. Or - will he try to persuade her, that the crime never happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Big Joke flying to the UK, to interview the girl who he says was not raped!!!! Why is he going?? If he says no rape took place, so when he said she wasnt raped, he was telling porkies. Just shows what a useless bugger he is, surely he will lose face if he goes to interview the girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, Raymonddiaz said: Why is he doing that? He can't speak English. Why not send someone else who could speak the language? Free advertising I suppose! Free holiday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megasin1 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 He has already declared that there was no rape and as others have pointed out he can't speak English, so this just seems like yet another PR stunt. Does he not realise that England is actually a democracy and the girl is under no obligation to speak to him whatsoever. The good news is though that he will be able to take a short stroll through a London street and solve all of those unsolved crimes we have, or at least allow the police to remove them from their lists as they won't actually have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 The this would be field day for UK newspapers and media. He would get to torn to shreds and the loss of face would be of huge proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hopefully, this not evolve into a "study trip" for a bunch of other cronies and their mia-noi's, courtesy of taxpayer money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootbangkok Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 After he interviews her, he will be able to say that meeting with her confirmed his suspicions that she was not telling the truth. If he were to meet with her and say that she was telling the truth, he couldn't return back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Incredible. Could you imagine how the interview would go. Big Joke's interpreter: "On Koh Tao you raped mai?" Victim: "Yes." Conversation between Big Joke and interpreter Big Joke's interpreter: "He say no rape on Koh Tao. No evidence." Victim: "I have proof." Big Joke's interpreter: "In Thailand have no proof of crime. Police say no rape." And so on and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 and what happens if he is refused a Visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenegg Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I bet he doesn't know how hard it is to get a visit visa for the UK.. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I still don't believe a 19-year old would seek international fame by telling a lie that she became a rape victim. When it comes to notorious fame and fortune junkies, getting a kick from watching their pics and huge headlines in the media, it's always a big joke that comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, canopus1969 said: and what happens if he is refused a Visa Throw away his passport and seek aylum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodomino Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 This ought to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermwhale Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 I don't know why people are knocking this move by him. I think it's great considering that the girl says she's afraid to go back and testify. I think it shows he takes the claims seriously enough to give the victim the peace of mind that she can report the alleged crime to him in the protection of her own country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Make sure you have a video of the entire interview. No doubt that will not be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cereal Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Ahhh....Big Joke is in need of a European vacation. London it is. First class all the way, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korkenzieher Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 She will be swamped with legal council and translators there's not going to be any of the usual back-room deals on offer, and that may come as something of an eye-opener to him. He has zero jurisdiction. This really ought to be handled by the Thai Embassy in London. Big Egg on Joke face moment coming up, methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Raymonddiaz said: Why is he doing that? He can't speak English. Why not send someone else who could speak the language? Free advertising I suppose! A junket obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 10 minutes ago, spermwhale said: I don't know why people are knocking this move by him. I think it's great considering that the girl says she's afraid to go back and testify. I think it shows he takes the claims seriously enough to give the victim the peace of mind that she can report the alleged crime to him in the protection of her own country. This was of course my first reaction but then I realized that nothing is gained. Even if he believes her story, if true, then what is he going to do? This case is colder than Jack the Ripper by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Raymonddiaz said: Why is he doing that? He can't speak English. Why not send someone else who could speak the language? Free advertising I suppose! Yes, but he does/did have that hottie subordinate officer who's quite fluent in English, but seems to have disappeared from Joke's public appearances lately.... Maybe she'll be tagging along. Quote INN reported that the British Embassy in Bangkok are concerned about the motives of the teen after she went to the media but did not contact them. Meanwhile, re the article above, call me skeptical, but somehow I can't quite imagine anyone at the British Embassy in BKK telling a Thai reporter or anyone else that they had doubts about the motives of one of their citizens because that citizen hadn't contacted them directly regarding an alleged crime. I could believe that someone in the Tourist Police made that claim to the Thai reporter, and then the reporter repeated it in their news report without clarifying that it didn't actually come from anyone at the British Embassy, but instead, was once again a case of Thai authorities speaking for other governments (which they have a long, inglorious habit of doing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: Maj-Gen Surachate, who found no evidence of a rape having occurred on a recent trip to the island in Surat Thani province, reiterated that should the accusations prove to be false the Thai authorities would seek the prosecution of the teen. So after interviewing Koh Tao locals of dodgy integrity, he has concluded there was no rape, without ever interviewing the victim. It will be interesting to see how he deals with farang in another country where he's not a "rock star". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Raymonddiaz said: Why is he doing that? He can't speak English. Why not send someone else who could speak the language? Free advertising I suppose! How dare you try to disrupt his state paid holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim walker Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Big Joke on holiday with his team of QC,s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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