Amid strategies to redevelop place, stallholders seek bribery investigation
PUBLISHED: 4 Feb 2025 at 17: 31
Suppliers at the Chatuchak trip business have written to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to request an investigation into the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Market Office’s handling of the dispute over renewing the arrangements of 529 stallholders.
After discovering that the Chatuchak Market Volunteer Club had failed to produce any money over the previous five years, the BMA plans to use some of the market for different purposes.
He said each of the 529 stallholders paid a regular rental price of 1, 400 ringgit and a typical payment of 500 rmb, totalling 1, 900 ringgit, from 2019 to 2024. Their arrangements were continuously renewed throughout the time.
But, according to them, Section 30’s BMA Market Office claimed there was no evidence of income from the location where the vendors are located.
He stated on Tuesday that” we are concerned about corruption and demand that the BMA and the authorities investigate the case right away.”  ,
He added that the sellers even reported their complaints to the Supreme Administrative Court, which just gave the Central Administrative Court the order to consider them.
To evaluate the control of the Chatuchak Market, appeals have also been sent to the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission and the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
The team also contacted the Bangkok Council, House of Representatives people, and the Leader of the Opposition, according to Mr. Manoon. They may ask them to look into similar concerns made at 11 different BMA-managed markets as well.
The BMA Market Office claimed in a speech that sellers ‘ records were always issued by the Treasury Department when they paid for rental fees. Additionally, it had recorded the money for all areas 1-31 stalls as well as the vacant places around the clock building.
The absence of data of revenue from Section 30, where the 529 booths are located, may be misinterpreted, according to the company. Although it did not go into more detail, it said it could give reliable data to support its choice if needed.
Opened in 1942, Chatuchak Weekend Market is one of the largest industry in Thailand, with more than 15, 000 booths and 11, 505 suppliers.
City Hall took over the business administration in 2018 from the Thailand State Railway.