Sereepisuth Temeeyaves
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Sereepisuth Temeeyaves

Sereepisuth Temeeyaves (Thai: เสรีพิศุทธ์ เตมียเวส; RTGSSeriphisut Temiyawet, originally: Seri Temeeyaves; Thai: เสรี เตมียเวส; born 3 September 1948) is the leader of Thai Liberal Party, a Party List member of the 25th and 26th House of Representatives of Thailand, and the chairman the 25th National Assembly's Committee on Corruption Prevention and Suppression.

Sereepisuth is a former Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police between February 2007 and April 2008 by a military junta, replacing Kowit Wattana as the fifth Commissioner. Sereepisuth was removed from office in April 2008 by then prime minister Samak Sundaravej under charges of corruption. The junta also appointed him Director of the Airports of Thailand, along with Chairman General Saprang Kalayanamitr.

Sereepisuth gained his reputation from targeting mafia leaders like "Kamnan Poh" (Somchai Khunpluem) and "Por Pratunam" (Phaijit Thammarojphinij). In his earlier days, he fought against the Communist Party of Thailand in the northeastern region of Thailand, becoming a recipient of the Order of Rama Medal for Gallantry in Action, which was commonly given to soldiers and rarely a police. and gained the moniker "Hero of Na Kae".

Personally, he is married to Phatsaweesiri Thepchatri Temeeyaves (Thai: พัสวีศิริ เทพชาตรี เตมียาเวส) and has three children.

He was born and raised in historic Thonburi (in an area currently assigned to Nonthaburi) to a Teochew background family, his surname was given by King Vajiravudh on 18 March 1914, list 2081.

Seri graduated from the 8th class of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School and graduated in the 24th class of the Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy. He took part in anti-communist operations in the Northeast, where he became close friends with Manoonkrit Roopkachorn. Because of this association, he was purged from the police after the NPKC Coup of 23 February 1992. He was later rehabilitated and allowed back into the police force.

As assistant director of the 2nd Region Police, Seri was in charge of the 1994 arrest of "Kamnan Poh" in the Khao Mai Kaew land corruption case. In 2003, a court found the influential Kamnan Poh guilty and sentenced him to jail.

Seri rose through the ranks of to become Inspector-General. Under the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, he was assigned to several high-profile corruption cases, including the longan subsidy scandal, the Bobae mafia case, and the Government Public Warehouse rice screening case.[citation needed] Sereepisuth came into conflict with Army officer Maj General Khattiya Sawasdipol of the Internal Security Operations Command while investigating the "Por Pratunam" gambling den of Phaijit Thammarojphinij. Sereepisuth filed a libel lawsuit against Khattiya, although Khattiya was acquitted in November 2006. After Sereepisuth was promoted to Police Commissioner General, Khattiya filed a 600 million baht defamation suit against him.

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