BMA instructs officials to prevent vendors from setting up stalls in disputed Prawet area

 

 

BANGKOK, 4th June 2018, (NNT) - A Deputy Bangkok Governor has visited the Seri Villa project in Pravet district of the capital, where the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) recently closed down five markets being operated illegally, to prevent unauthorized use of public space by the sales venue. 

The removal of the markets came following a dispute between members of the Saengyoktrakarn family, residents of the villa, and a pick up owner who illegally parked the vehicle in front of their house, triggering the Saengyoktrakarn siblings to attack the truck and sparking a lawsuit against the BMA. 

Deputy Bangkok Governor Taweesak Lertprapan led the inspection with the Prawet district chief and concerned officials making up the crew. The investigators found that several vendors had returned to their hometowns, while others have relocated to Papa market and another vending spot in front of the Paradise shopping mall in Soi Srinakarin 53. The two venues can reportedly host 500 vendors. Nevertheless, Tessakij officials in Prawet district have been instructed to keep an eye on the disputed area and to prevent merchants from setting up stalls in the area. 

Regarding the BMA’s plan to appeal to the administrative court to forego the compensation payment to the Saengyoktrakarn family, the Deputy Bangkok Governor said responsible officers are now collecting evidence before presenting them to the tribunal. 

Earlier the Central Administrative Court found the BMA, guilty of negligence for failing to close down the unlicensed markets as demanded by the Saengyoktrakarn family. It also ordered Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang to pay 360,000 baht compensation to the Saengyoktrakarns, to accrue at an annual interest of 7.5 percent.

 

-- nnt 2018-06-04

IIRC, the court has said there cannot be a market at this location.

If the BMA liaised with the police so that anyone setting up a market would be arrested for contempt of court. That would be a solution.

Nah, smacks of being organised and everyone doing their job honestly.

 

Just raze the illegal markets, remove the concrete flooring and it'll all end there.