More than 100 men ravages a Bangkok market
More than 100 robust men stormed into a Bangkok market and destroyed about 30 stalls there early Sunday.
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t took them less than 10 minutes to bring the stalls into ruins. The Makkasan Police Station was alerted about what happened at around 4 am.Witnesses said they saw more than 20 vehicles suspiciously parking at the entrance of the market, which is near Uthai Tharam Temple and the Bangkok's Royal City Avenue (RCA), before they moved into the market and released more than 100 vandals.
"I am going to demand compensations for damages done," Samruai Nongpong, alias Ruai RCA, said in his capacity as the market's manager.
He said all stalls in the market had operated on leased lots with monthly rent at Bt18,000 for more than 20 years until three months ago when the landowner and businessman Suraphan Wongkarnpot refused to take the rent citing that the lease contract already expired.
"I have told him that we will relocate once we find a new place to run the stalls but then such violent incident happened," Samruai said.
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