1,400 policemen deployed to accommodate the crowd at Sanam Luang
Additional 1,400 policemen were deployed on Saturday and Sunday to accommodate the crowd around Bangkok's Sanam Luang as the area's traffic flows were expected to be more congested than usual due to the Thammasat University's graduation ceremony rehearsal, a senior police said.
Pol Maj-General Jirapat Phumjit, acting deputy city police chief, said that the 27 roads around Sanam Luang and the adjacent Grand Palace would be closed as per the previous weekends, as police tried to prevent vehicles other than the shuttle buses from coming into four main areas of Rajadamnoen Nok Road's Jor Por Ror Intersection, Lan Luang Intersection, Borommaratchachonnani Road's Arun Amarin Intersection, and Sanam Chai's Raksa Dindaen Roundabout. He said the road closure had proven to be effective in getting people to use shuttle buses.
As the TU Tha Phra Chan Campus is hosting a graduation ceremony rehearsal, police has urged parents and students not to bring their personal cars into the area but to use the shuttle buses that could pick people from various places. He said cars would also be prohibited from parking inside the campus on Sunday from 5am onward, as the big rehearsal would be held.