The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) lodged a police complaint Saturday against legacy vendors who have returned to the site of the razed market next door to the "axe aunties" near Rama IX royal park.
Dozens of the vendors continue to do business at the open-air site of the destroyed Ple market in the Seri Villa Housing Estate in eastern Bangkok's Prawet district.
Prawet district director Thanasit said the district filed a complaint with Prawet police against the vendors. He claimed police have failed to comply with the Central Administrative Court's injunction issued last week against the markets surrounding the home of three sisters.
Boonsri, Ratanachat and Ranee Saengyoktrakan became famous across the country in February, when two of them had an "I'm not going to take it any more" moment and attacked a pickup truck with an axe and a pole because it was blocking their driveway.
Tessakit (city inspectors) were also stationed across from the house in surrounding areas to ensure the vendors move away. An inspection will be conducted Sunday.
Mr Thanasit said about 70 vendors were reported to have operated on the concrete slab of the razed Ple market, one of five which were dismantled days after the pickup-and-axe incident. The Central Administrative Court officially ordered destruction of the markets on May 16.
Photos posted at the popular Drama-addict site on Facebook showed vendors and shoppers at the market on Saturday morning.
A companion post appeared two hours later at the Facebook page of "Debbie Saengyoktrakarn", believed to be a friend or relative of the aunties. It had a dozen additional photos and a message, which said:
"After the court issued the injunction, beside my home as you see. Today we start with this again ... in another two or three years ... don't want to imagine ... (sigh) despite orders from the court and the Bangkok governor."
Mr Thanasit said the district had received cooperation from vendors for the market's demolition. By the time the court issued the injunction, the main market buildings had been torn down.
He claimed Saturday that the district also told in February that they were not allowed to operate their businesses in the disputed areas.
Ms Ratanachat said Saturday that vendors have run their stalls since Thursday and their numbers had increased on Saturday, particularly on the site of the Ple market next to the women's home.
She said the old problems were recurring as her house and those of several neighbours were blocked by vehicles of customers at the market. Pavements were also obstructed by vendors' pickup trucks.
Ms Ratanachat said she was puzzled as the court declared that all commercial activities must be banned, but vendors ignored the court's order.
"How will our society live when people don't respect the court and the law? If they do, I have to stand up and fight," she said.
In February, Ms Boonsri and her sister used an axe and a metal pole to damage a pickup truck that was blocking their exit from their driveway.
The sisters live next door to one of the five markets, and complained they had been forced to put up with the frequent blocking of their driveway for years.
Their home has become well-known and the cause of conversation because its outer wall facing the main street is plastered with banners and white-on-blue signs complaining about congestion and ordering "no parking" at the pavement kerb - orders ignored by dozens every weekend until February.
The court on May 16 ordered the dismantling of markets in the housing estate - which actually took place by late February - and awarded compensation to the sisters.