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, Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy, 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
  1. "Thai royalty 'defamed': Top policeman charged in probe". BBC News. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. "เปิดเส้นทางตำรวจ พล.ต.ท.พงศ์พัฒน์ ฉายาพันธ์ุ ก่อนจะถึงจุดจบ".
  3. "Senior Thai police sentenced to six years for lese majeste, corruption". Reuters. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Nation Thailand news website, thai news, thailand news, Bangkok thailand, aec, breaking news : Nation Thailand".
  5. "จำคุก 1 เดือน คดีที่ 8 พงศ์พัฒน์ ฉายาพันธุ์ ยื่นบัญชีทรัพย์สินเท็จ". BBC News ไทย.
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