Bangkok’s Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has defied Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by sending in council workers in to make repairs to the sluice gates located at Khlong Sam Wa.
It is hoped that the repairs will be made in time to save the Bang Chan Industrial Estate at Min Buri, in the east of the capital.
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| Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra |
The sluice gates were opened yesterday as the government bowed down to pressure from disgruntled residents living in the Khlong Sam Wa Area, who were desperate to have the gates opened up to drain the water.
Sukhumbhand made the his move against the PM last night, ordering the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to widen the gates to one metre. He then announced that he was going to use an disaster prevention law to take control of the city, allowing him to control police to use force to protect the damaged sluice gates.
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