Group of men forcefully demolish stalls in Chatuchak market
Dozens of police are reinforced into Chatuchak weekend market after some 120 men armed with batons and big knives forcefully demolished hundreds of stalls in the market on Thursday morning.
The men wore T-shirt with the word "police" on them.
The men briefly clashed with vendors of the stalls who rushed into the sites after learning of the demolition. The sites belong to the State Railway Authority.
Cursing and yelling at each other, both sides claimed that they had official documents to prove their actions. Some vendors were seen throwing bricks and stones at the men who shouted back and threatened to assault the vendors.
There are still unclear how many were injured during the incident.
The men reportedly started the demolition at about 4pm and continued until 7pm. They claimed that they had court order allowing them to knock down the stalls.
A woman identified herself only as Apinya claimed that she represented a developer company that has ownership over the area and is allowed to demolition works.
The vendors also showed court documents that suspend any demolition works pending trial on ownership of the areas.
After police intervention, both sides agree to go to Bang Sue police station to discuss about the incident.
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