Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra exhorted residents of the Thai capital to stay calm yesterday Feb. 15 in the wake of the Valentine’s Day bombings that left one Iranian suspect with severed legs and five Thais wounded.
Sukumbhand said that the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) will do everything it can to support the police and government to prevent any other bombings from happening, The Bangkok Post reported.
Police and fire and rescue departments are on call and ready to deliver emergency responses, he said. Also the BMA is speeding up the installation of another 10,000 security cameras, especially in areas where foreigners hang out, and they should be finished by the end of the year.
Security is being beefed up at malls around town as well. Robinson has increased security guards at all stores, vice-president for marketing Sirinij Chokchairittikul said, and The Mall Group, which runs Siam Paragon and Emporium, has added 200 guards, many of them undercover.
