Stall vendors in Siam Square |and the surrounding area who |have been affected by the ban implemented last week have mobbed the BMA to request for the ban to be rescinded.
Vendors also objected to the regulation by hanging banners in front of Siam Square displaying messages asking for sympathy.
However, the BMA deputy governor said vendors should move to designated areas.
“They cannot claim that they have been selling there for a long time. I heard that some sellers had three stalls and they hired migrants to take care of their stalls.
“They are taking advantages of others,” Assawin said.
“Bangkok residents should not buy things from stalls that are set up illegally on footpaths.
“The BMA is trying to find the most gentle way to regulate all footpaths in the inner Bangkok area to ease traffic problems,” he said, adding that the BMA is planning to expand the regulation to outer Bangkok areas.