PM's Office Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, head of a command centre to monitor situation, revealed that about 50,000 people came to Sanam Luang to wait for their turn to pay respects to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej Saturday.
Suwaphan also revealed that the number of people, who got to enter the Grand Palace to pay respects to the late king, was also much higher than the quota of 10,000 people, but the exact number has yet to confirmed.