Tag: crackdown
Vendors try unsuccessfully to return to Siam Square as City Hall...
Over 200 municipal police were deployed at and around Siam Square shopping district on Thursday as a group of pavement vendors tried to negotiate...
Pratunam area cleared of vendors
Bangkok’s pedestrians have won back the pavements on Ratchaprarop and Petchaburi roads in Pratunam area on Tuesday after vendors reluctantly vacated the pavements in...
Officials crack down on illegal street racing in Surin
Over 50 illegal motorcycle street racers were rounded up by officials in Surin’s Muang district Saturday night as the provincial administration began a crackdown...
Prime Minister clarifies his attempt to crackdown on mafias
BANGKOK -Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said his attempt to crackdown on mafia is due to his concern for the safety of Thai people....
Crackdown on foreign beggars
An intensive crackdown took place this week regarding foreign workers in Pattaya, in particular those working as beggars using infants to gain money from...
3 months on, Pattaya officials still talking tough, doing nothing to...
Nearly three months after promising a strict crackdown on scamming jet ski vendors, Pattaya officials are no closer to actually ending near-daily incidents...
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