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Bangkok building collapse tied to construction and design flaws
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/07/2025
» Thai investigators concluded that flaws in the design and construction methods caused the collapse of a partially built Bangkok building that killed at least 89 people during the March 28 earthquake, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Bangkok building collapse tied to construction and design flaws
Published on 30/06/2025
» Thai investigators concluded that flaws in the design and construction methods caused the collapse of a partially built Bangkok building that killed at least 89 people during the March 28 earthquake, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Anti-graft group demands expanded tower collapse probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/05/2025
» More than 50 days after the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building, the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has demanded an expansion of the investigation to include those in positions of power who may have enabled or approved decisions leading to the tragedy.
Premchai, 14 others report to police over Bangkok tower collapse case
Published on 16/05/2025
» Premchai Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), and 14 other people reported to police on Friday over criminal charges in connection with the collapse of the State Auditing Office skyscraper in Bangkok that resulted in 92 deaths.
17 arrest warrants issued over SAO building collapse
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/05/2025
» The Criminal Court on Thursday approved arrest warrants for 17 people, including construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in connection with the collapse of the 2.1-billion-baht State Audit Office building in Bangkok.
Premchai faces arrest over SAO tower collapse
News, Published on 16/05/2025
» The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Premchai Karnasuta, 71, President of Italian-Thai Development Plc and 16 others over the deadly collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building during the earthquake on March 28.
Arrest warrants issued for Premchai, 16 others over SAO building collapse
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025
» The Criminal Court on Thursday approved arrest warrants for 17 people, including construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in connection with the collapse of the 2.1-billion-baht State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar on March 28.
Italian-Thai Development faces B108bn debt crunch as overseas projects fail
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2024
» A cash crunch at Thailand's largest construction company is fuelling concern among investors, regulators and rating agencies already unnerved by a series of local corporate scandals and debt defaults.
Srisuwan takes aim at ankle bracelet 'bid rigging'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/10/2023
» Political activist Srisuwan Janya on Friday filed a petition with the Justice Ministry, asking it to set up a committee to scrutinise alleged bid rigging in the procurement of outdated electronic monitoring (EM) ankle bracelets worth 1.6 billion baht.
Panther-killing tycoon wins early release
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/10/2023
» Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta was released from prison on Tuesday, seven weeks before the end of his sentence on Dec 7.