Dear Ampornpim & Nalin,
Please see the below travel security update from ISOS reporting on the risk of incidental violence from fighting between students of two feuding universities, the Pathumwan Institute of Technology and the Rajamangala Technology University’s Uthen Thawai campus in which the security forces raided student groups at the campuses of these universities and seized firearms, knives and bomb-making material.
In addition to the violence that are often linked to gangs and shoot-outs and targeted killings have occurred in the campus areas of both universities; prolonged violence between up to hundreds of students has also taken place at shopping centers and tourist areas in the vicinity of the campuses with incidents occurring at the MBK Center and Victory Monument.
Please advise all our employees to avoid the university areas in the Pathumwan District of Bangkok due to the risk of incidental violence between now and February 1.
Regional Security will continue to monitor this situation and report updates accordingly.