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DSI turns to final suspect in collapse
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/06/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has forwarded for prosecution a case concerning the final suspect in the use of nominees at a joint venture that oversaw the construction of the now-collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building.
17 arrests sought in Bangkok building collapse
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/05/2025
» Police in Bangkok are preparing to seek arrest warrants for 17 people — including engineers, project supervisors and executives of the construction contractor — implicated in the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building after the March 28 earthquake.
Don't rush State Audit Office probe
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2025
» Yesterday marked one month since one of the worst earthquakes in Thailand's history shook the capital. The tremor mostly caused minor damage to thousands of properties nationwide, but one building -- the under-construction State Audit Office (SAO) building in Chatuchak district -- completely collapsed during the quake.
Construction executive of collapsed Bangkok building arrested
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/04/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation has arrested a Chinese executive of the construction company that was building the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, where dozens of people died when it collapsed during the March 28 earthquake.
Executive of contractor for doomed Bangkok building arrested
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/04/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation has arrested a Chinese executive of the construction company that was building the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, where dozens of people died when it collapsed during the March 28 earthquake.
Proxy probe into collapsed Bangkok tower constructor 50% complete
Post Reporters, Published on 13/04/2025
» A probe into a suspected proxy business with a Chinese contractor of the collapsed State Audit Office tower is nearly 50% complete as rescuers have yet to reach blinking lights under the rubble of the high-rise structure.
Search for survivors continues as fatalities rise in Bangkok building collapse
Online Reporters, Published on 12/04/2025
» Hope remains for two potential survivors trapped beneath the wreckage of a collapsed government building in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, as two additional bodies were recovered following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar on March 28.
Sniffer dogs withdrawn from Bangkok's collapsed tower building
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/04/2025
» Sniffer dogs have been withdrawn from the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok after 11 days of searching for survivors.
High-speed rail steel up to scratch
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/04/2025
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) says the steel used in the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project meets all engineering and quality standards.
Leave no stone unturned in graft probes
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/04/2025
» The collapse of the State Audit Office's (SAO) under-construction building last week following a powerful quake in Myanmar set a world record -- but not in a way that Thai people would take pride in.