Three bombs discovered at fresh market

       Two C4 explosives and another bomb were defused at Klong Toey market yesterday, two days after new clashes between vendors and staff of the market developer flared.
       A bomb disposal team was called in to defuse the bombs.
       The first bomb was spotted by Prapai Ratkhandee,41, a worker at an egg vending stall about 6am when he opened his stall.
       The bomb was hidden in a vegetable bag which he thought a buyer might have forgotten.
       He found a petrol can and a clock inside.
       Bomb disposal experts used a highpressure water gun to defuse it.
       About 1.30pm, another bomb was found under a flyover at the Ratchadaphisek-Rama IV intersection near the market's zone 2.
       Bomb experts disposed of the bomb,which was hidden in a vegetable bag.
       Pol Col Khachornsak Pansakhorn,deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's division 5, said the bombs were assembled with C4 explosives and petrol.
       He believes the bombs were intended to intimidate.
       A policeman said two suspects were found near the flyover and taken for interrogation at Tha Rua police station.
       They denied having left the bag containing the explosive.
       They claimed they saw a vendor at zone 2 leave the bag.
       The men were released without charges.
       Around 3pm, police found a box left at a road divider at Ranong intersection near the market.
       The bomb disposal team took away the box for checking.
       Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-Gen Vorapong Chiewpreecha yesterday took 150 anti-riot police to inspect zone 4, the scene ofWednesday's clashes between vendors and staff of Legal Professional Co, the company which won a concession from the Port Authority of Thailand to develop the area.
       As the city police chief was about to enter the market,30 vendors armed with batons and knives started to attack 10 security guards of Legal Professional Co.
       The vendors fled after anti-riot police intervened.
       Fourteen people were injured in Wednesday's fighting, which flared after vendors denied access to cleaners sent by Legal Professional to clean the area.The firm later sent its men to the market,sparking clashes with vendors.
       A committee will investigate alleged negligence of duty by police responsible for security at Klong Toey fresh market following Wednesday's clashes.
       Earlier, Klong Toey market vendors petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate Pol Maj-Gen Chokchai Deeprasertwit, chief of the bureau's division 5, and Pol Col Watcharapong Damrongsri, chief of Tha Rua police, and police on duty at the market, for alleged negligence of duty and malfeasance over the market clashes.
       A source said it was difficult to prevent clashes between the two sides as some vendors were backed by former market developers while other vendors had taken sides with the new developer.
       The PAT, which owns the land on which the market stands, refused to renew contracts with three former market operators and awarded a concession to Legal Professional Co.