webfact 78,910 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 post Share on other sites
holy cow cm 12,083 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 As I am the apprentice my Master Sith Lord told me to go. Link to post Share on other sites
NCC1701A 52,830 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 post Share on other sites
kotsak 10,133 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 post Share on other sites
NCC1701A 52,830 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 post Share on other sites
Raymonddiaz 2,467 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 post Share on other sites
Torrens54 1,734 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 post Share on other sites
sweatalot 9,180 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 post Share on other sites
colinneil 74,206 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 post Share on other sites
Vacuum 14,704 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 post Share on other sites
Megasin1 1,256 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 post Share on other sites
Thailand 18,629 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 post Share on other sites
varun 919 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 post Share on other sites
barefootbangkok 154 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 post Share on other sites
BobbyL 6,274 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 post Share on other sites
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