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Nikkei Asia
16-05-2025
- Nikkei Asia
Bangkok construction tycoon charged over earthquake collapse
BANGKOK (AP) -- A construction magnate, builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the deadly collapse of a Bangkok high-rise in the March 28 earthquake that hit Myanmar. Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development (ITD), the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers were among 17 charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Top Asian News 4:27 a.m. GMT
Thai construction magnate surrenders on felony negligence charges over building collapse in quake BANGKOK (AP) — A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake. Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers were among 17 charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said. The accused have publicly denied wrongdoing. Ninety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building that had been under construction and a small number of other people remain unaccounted for.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Thai construction magnate and others surrender to police on charges over building collapse in quake
BANGKOK (AP) — A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake. Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, and 16 other people were charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said. Nintety-two people were confirmed dead in the rubble of the building that had been under construction and a small number of other people remain unaccounted for. The building, which was to become a new State Audit Office, was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the earthquake that was centered in neighboring Myanmar.
