Premchai reports to police over Bangkok tower collapse case

Premchai reports to police over Bangkok tower collapse case

BMA results page to the state audit agency, and authorities seize for additional inquiries.

Premchai Karnasuta (centre) is released from Thong Pha Phum jail on Oct 17, 2023, after serving a jail term on hunting in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Thong Pha Phum district in Kanchanaburi province. (Photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen)
After serving a jail term for hunting at Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province on October 17, 2023, Premchai Karnasuta (centre ) is released from Thong Pha Phum jail. ( Photo: Piyarach Chongcharoen )

About 10 different people, including Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc ( ITD), reported to the police on Friday over criminal charges stemming from the collapse of Bangkok’s State Auditing Office building, which left 92 people dead.

The 71-year-old design mogul was in a chair at Bang Sue police station to combat costs of professional carelessness causing death.

The ITD executive vice president, Kriengsak Kovadhana, and expert Pimol Charoengying, who certified the initial design, were also among the people who turned themselves in.

They were one of 17 people wanted on suspicion of playing a role in the 30-storey building’s dangerous March 28 decline. After investigators discovered that the tower’s design lacked safety standards and even had poor materials, warrants were issued.

Nine people are still missing from the fatal decline, which was caused by an earthquake in northern Myanmar.

On Monday, City Hall officials, volunteer rescue workers, and related parties pay tribute to the victims of the Chatuchak district of Bangkok's collapsed State Audit Office ( SAO ) building by placing flowers and standing in mourning. ( Photo: Chatuchak District Office )

On Monday, City Hall officials, volunteer rescue workers, and related parties pay tribute to the victims of the Chatuchak district of Bangkok’s collapsed State Audit Office ( SAO ) building by placing flowers and standing in mourning. ( Photo: Chatuchak District Office )

The building’s principal company is the ITD-CREC joint enterprise. CREC stands for China Railway No. 10 Thailand.

The 2.1 billion-baht building blog in Chatuchak district was officially declared the end of the hazard zone by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Thursday, and the place was then handed over to representatives from the State Audit Office.

As the studies are still being conducted, Bang Sue police main Pol Col Sanong Saengmanee then seize the page.

Bang Sue officers place is in charge of the location of the building.