A jury in Thailand has issued 17 arrest warrants for individuals connected to the skyscraper’s tower, which collapsed in March after an earthquake.
The 30-story structure, which was being constructed to building the State Audit Office, was destroyed in a 7.7 scale earthquake that struck Myanmar, which had quashed Bangkok.
Seven bodies are still unaccounted for, according to authorities, who reported having recovered 89 bodies from the wreckage of the building.
According to local media reports, the officers who are looking into the collapse claimed that warrants were issued to those responsible for the tower’s design, development, and building supervision.
Only one of the individuals was identified by police as business Premchai Karnasuta, a former head of one of Thailand’s largest construction companies, Italian-Thai Development PLC.
Investigators discovered fundamental defects in a pull shaft in the building, according to a report released on Thursday by Thai media. Authorities in Thailand are yet to launch their studies regarding the building’s collapse.
Images showed Bangkok’s high-rise houses swaying and waters pouring down onto the streets below as a result of the powerful tremors.
The State Audit Office, a castle made of violet glass and steel that was opposite the Chatuchak business, a well-known tourist attraction, was the only building that survived the earthquake, which was largely unscathed.
Before being reduced to rubble, it had been under construction for three years at a cost of more than two billion Thai baht ($ 59 million,$ 45 million ).
More than 400 workers were present at the site when it collapsed, and staff had to use robots, sniffer dogs, crane, and loaders to aid in the evacuation efforts.