PUBLISHED: 3 Does 2025 at 03: 30
Two television hosts complained yesterday that Auditor-General Montien Charoenphol had been demolished on March 28 due to the collapse of the State Auditor Office’s ( SAO )$ 2.1 billion building.
At Bang Sue police station, Damrong Phuttan and Narakorn Tiyayon lodged the problem. They accused Mr. Monthien and a previous auditor-general, Prachak Boonyang, of mistake that resulted in fatalities and dereliction of duty, as well as a former auditor-general who signed a contract with ITD-CREC to build the tower.
Ms. Narakorn claimed that although more than 30 days have passed, Mr. Monthien has never apologized or accepted responsibility for the affair.
Mr. Damrong claimed that the SAO building’s collapse means that more than 2.1 billion ringgit in taxpayers ‘ funds went down the drain. Related officials should take responsibility and action up, he said.
Yesterday, volunteers retrieved 13 more body from the dust of the fell building, increasing the death toll to 74, with nine accidents and about 20 people also missing.
Totaling 41 cases in the area, Suriyachai Rawiwan, director of City Hall’s disaster prevention and mitigation office, said the 13 bodies were found by rescue teams using heavy machinery in Zone D, with some additional remains and small body parts discovered.
He claimed that attempts to get to Zone C have been hampered by its four-meter height and concerns about the stability of the last building structure. The third-floor walkway may have collided into a deeper, potentially more fatal area below. The rescuers have expanded the scope of their operations by aiming for inaccessible areas, he added.
He said the area would be secured so that engineers from the Department of Public Works and Town &, Country Planning can examine the walls and elevator shafts for evidence as a result of investigations into the building’s elevator shafts, which are thought to be a potential starting point for the collapse.
The lift shafts ‘ walls reportedly had much thinner walls than usual, which raised questions as to whether this was a cause.