Police and volunteers join hands to prevent crime in Chatuchak market

BANGKOK: A project for the prevention of crime was launched yesterday at Bangkok's famed Chatuchak Weekend Market under which police and volunteers would patrol the 68-rai market while some 70 CCTV cameras would be installed along with six security signal booths.

Metropolitan Police Area 2 chief Pol Maj-General Charoen Srisalak said the market attracted as many as 100,000 visitors - Thai and foreigners - per day hence the subsequent rise in crimes. Police have been trying to tackle the problems and volunteers were aiding in ways such as providing translation for victimised foreigners. This project was to help take care of public safety by having cameras and signal booths installed. It also would have uniformed and plainclothed police patrol the market while volunteers would also keep an eye on crimes, he added. This year, only 57 thefts took place in the market, compared to last year's 155 cases, he added.

In related news, Chon Buri's Pattaya Police on Friday night kicked off its new programme to provide a mobile unit to aid foreign tourists at the Pattaya Walking Street. Muang Pattaya Superintendent Pol Colonel Sukthat Pumpanmuang said the unit - operating from 8pm until midnight - would be manned by police and volunteers to record crime complaints and missing document cases as well as provide legal advice and dispute settling services. Interpreters of Russian, English, German and Chinese languages would also be on hand to aid affected tourists. The unit would shift once a week from one crowded spot to another, he added.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-and-volunteers-join-hands-to-prevent-crime--30274800.html

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...as for the vendors ripping off the customers......

...as for the vendors ripping off the customers......

They only rip you off if you buy from them

I just got back from an open market at a town on the

Cambodian border. The tour guide warned us all as we were

getting off the bus. Watch out for pick pockets and scammers

here. Be sure to bargain with the venders as there are only suggested

prices on the clothes and toys etc. After I walked in the sweltering

heat for 40 minutes, I just gave up and returned to the bus as I found

that the prices asked were not much cheaper than at the markets in BKK.

On the other hand my wife had great luck in finding some briefs,

shirts, baby articles and clothing. I guess being a Thai shopper

makes all the difference.

I just got back from an open market at a town on the

Cambodian border. The tour guide warned us all as we were

getting off the bus. Watch out for pick pockets and scammers

here. Be sure to bargain with the venders as there are only suggested

prices on the clothes and toys etc. After I walked in the sweltering

heat for 40 minutes, I just gave up and returned to the bus as I found

that the prices asked were not much cheaper than at the markets in BKK.

On the other hand my wife had great luck in finding some briefs,

shirts, baby articles and clothing. I guess being a Thai shopper

makes all the difference.

...as for the vendors ripping off the customers......

They only rip you off if you buy from them

They don't rip you off in Chatujak market whether you buy from them or not. Pricewise its a good place to shop, only the restaurants and massage places overcharge.

Edited February 12, 201610 yr by Deserted

On the other hand my wife had great luck in finding some briefs,

shirts, baby articles and clothing. I guess being a Thai shopper

makes all the difference.

You don't have to be Thai. But it helps if you didn't grow up in a nanny state where the price is clearly marked and everyone pays the same clearly marked price.

We're absolutely not prepared to go out into the real world where just about everything is subject to negotiation. But it's not too late to learn. You may even come to enjoy it. I did.