While the Bangkok Post and local sites report extra security at the U.S. Consulate premises in Chiang Mai, they fail to report that measures are being taken at secret facilities run by the U.S.A. in the city.
A heightened is also noticeable at this mansion house in Nimmanhaemin Rd.
Police guard secret U.S. facility in Nimmnhaemin Rd
Across Nimmnhaemin Rd,more police.
While detractors of Police Minister Chalerm in the Post’s comments paint him as a buffoon or as a sly politician using scare tactics to divert attention from the failed policies in the far south of the country, one must at least give him marks for thoroughness over this threat.
Never-the-less the Nimmanhaemin secret facility is becoming less secure as one can see from the large tree in the photo above. This Toona cilliata, an elegant tall growing native tree of Chiang Mai was rudely lopped a couple of years ago and now it grows many branches from the cut stumps. With the increasingly violent windstorms we are now experiencing from global warming, the likelihood of the new growth being torn off and injuring staff increases.
The other negative factor affecting the facility is a block of flats of several stories under construction at its rear which provide an ideal location for attack. Let us hope the U.S. authorities do not choose to further upgrade security with stouter walls or cutting down trees, but rather give over the site for a Nimman park, for all to enjoy as the road is converted from a traffic clogged nightmare to an “Urban Road” complete with trees, foot and bicycle paths and slow reduced motorized traffic.
You make some statements here about a secret U.S. facility. If it is a secret, how do you know about it?
Where is your proof?
The insignias on the guards.
A cryptic answer you have given me. Please tell me exactly where this place is and I will go by there and take a look for myself. What do the insignias say? In Thai or English?
An exact location please; walking up and down Nimm… Road is not my idea of fun.
Thanks
The location is on the East side of Nimmanhaemin for a whole block between Sois 15& 17 where the big kindergarten is across the soi. Just as well it’s a US installation. Were it Alqeda maybe a drone would misfire and kill a hundred children. Note the US premises has red & white no parking markings just like the Chinese & US Consulates General.
Thanks Ricky. About this website: There is no date on the website, and we don’t know how old the air pollution information is, or how often it is updated. It does not agree with the other website that posts pollution data – http://aqmthai.com/. Also, are we talking about Chiang Mai City or the Province of Chiang Mai. So stupid to name a city and a province/state with the same name, just causes confusion. Same applies to New York. The pollution covers the entire north of Thailand, not just the city of Chiang Mai, and you have to travel very far to get away from it.