Discussed: 20 Apr 2025 at 14:28
The Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand did on Monday check the normal of more material samples just collected from the crashed State Audit Office creating, according to the Industry Ministry.
Pongpol Yodmuangcharoen, spokeswoman for the Industry Ministry, said on Sunday that the tests may be conducted on an extra 40 shafts of eight types of material that authorities collected from the collapse on April 11.
“The focus is public health. If companies did wrong, they must be punished, lose their licences and have their businesses closed, ” he said.
Previous tests on April 3 found three kinds of material at the State Audit Office page were substandard, he said.
Monday’s testing will occur on the same day that Xin Ke Yuan Co plans to keep a media conference on the standard of its material items. The press event will take place at Rama Gardens Hotel in Bangkok at 2pm on Monday.
On Sunday the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand urged the government to issue explanations on the style requirements for the fresh State Audit Office building, the engineers and architects accountable for the high-rise job and the standard of its design.
The 30-storey structure collapsed on March 28 when a 7. 7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar.
On Saturday, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration reported there were 103 victims of the collapse. Of them, nine were injured, 47 were killed and 47 were missing.