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Beer Bars Savaged
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/27Jan2003_news13.html
Here's a Mon morning news clip for all you punters who have enjoyed the "Sukhumvit Square" beer bars... another reminder that the guys who control the sex/liquor/gambling scene here in LOS are serious heavyweights. You f*ck with the bull you get the horn.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:21 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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pinga
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....certainly sad news. Everything was darn quick!!!!
BK told me this during the RT yesterday early in the evening and I was shocked!!!!
I took a look myself to the scenario late in the evening and confirmed his version. The place ramains exactly as the picture on the related news posted in BKK-post.
Sad....not a regular to this place but shot some pool several times....will miss Sweet Home Beer Bar....shit.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:49 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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Yurune
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http://www.bangkokeyes.com
Never come across this site before....additional info provided
Bangkok, 26 January 2003
In a surprise predawn raid this morning, an estimated 400 men
in "military
style" uniforms conducted a coordinated swoop on Sukhumvit Square
located
at the top of Soi 10 Sukhumvit Road. ÝTruckloads of men and heavy
construction equipment were off-loaded shortly after 04:00 hours and
commenced to clear the Sukhumvit night entertainment area of security
personnel and any lingering persons on or near the premises. The
as-yet-unidentified military-style teams then commenced the
premeditated
and willful destruction and /or removal of all properties and personal
effects within.
Shop and bar owners who were able to make it to the pre-sunrise scene
of
destruction were forbidden to enter the property to retrieve their
personal
effects. ÝHired local security guards were sent packing without even
being
able to retrieve their blankets by which they kept warm during their
all-night watches.
The raiding military types were divided into several visibly
identifiable
groups, "Team A", "Team B", etcetera, each having a specific
function. ÝThe
first team's job was to take command of Sukhumvit Road on both sides
of the
center divide in front of Sukhumvit Square and Clinton Plaza for the
purpose of traffic control. ÝThey insured that no vehicles lingered or
stopped to witness the ongoing assault on their fellow Thai citizens'
personal property.
The second team cordoned off the area while yet another team came in
with
prefabricated wall partitions, which were concrete based, above which
were
steel panels, and constructed a two meter wall around the entire
Sukhumvit
Square night entertainment area. ÝThe wall was later topped off with
two
strands of barbed wire and reinforced with a network of reinforcing
steel.
Several signs were posted on the new wall, some of which proclaimed
the
destruction at hand was in accordance to the wishes of the Social
Order
council under one of the government ministries. Other signs forbade
absolutely entry into the compound, and other signs threatened that no
responsibility would be accepted for those going inside. Ý
Another team went inside to start loading trucks with valuables, such
as
computers and antiques from the shops. ÝThose valuables that weren't
able
to be removed in a timely manner were bulldozed under by yet another
team.
Shop owners whose personal property was removed do not know who
hauled it
off, nor do they know where it was hauled off to.
By the time the sun came up, there was nothing left standing; it
looked
like a Kansas tornado had demolished the area; the Gulag wall hastily
thrown up was apparently to hide the shame and the eyesore of this
unprecedented assault on Thai citizens' personal property.
As at this writing, it appears the 60 lounge and bar owners, and the
dozen
or more other shops have no recourse to claiming either their
property or
the value of their property. ÝSome shop owners lost over 2 million
baht in
physical assets and goods. ÝThey had had no prior warning of the raid,
either from their landlords or the organization in charge of the
demolition.
The Lumpini police 'took over' from the paramilitary-type teams
sometime
after sun-up, and were still maintaining the inner perimeter at night
fall.
At about 22:00 hours, another group of police showed up and briefly
confronted the Lumpini police within, but were turned away without
gaining
access to the compound. ÝIn the process, a Thai journalist with a
reputable
foreign wire service was physically removed from the area by the newly
visiting police personnel.9
Bangkokeyes.com will bring you the full report at the end of the
month,
with a treatment of the historical impact of this 'gestapo-like'
action,
and how it may impact other Night Entertainment Areas in Bangkok.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 10:22 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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pinga
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Holy shit....just lurking around and realised that there are THREE threads dealing with the same stuff....one started by OAKTOAD, the other by TPE and this one....fewwwww
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:14 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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oilsteve
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So far on this site I have read Clinton Plaza and Nana are GONE. ÝI come to BKK Feb 15. ÝWhere should I look now? ÝIs Soi Cowboy safe from this happening?
This is my 1st time to BKK. ÝLooks like I should have come sooner.
Thank for any info I can get.
Steve
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:30 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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nikko
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oilsteve,
Unless I have seriously missed something Nana is still around, so you are good to go. ÝThis group of bars was outdoors right on Sukhumvit and a few blocks down from Nana (Soi 4).
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:39 pm on Jan. 26, 2003
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Oaktoad
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Not quite, my thread was about going there.. that advice seems to be moot at this point ..
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:09 am on Jan. 27, 2003
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Yurune
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Not a good day for you all round Oaktoad.....What with the real Raider Nation not showing up....
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 12:21 am on Jan. 27, 2003
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kmanrox
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this makes my stomache f_cking churn... i loved that place !!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:10 am on Jan. 27, 2003
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