US EditionThai Prosecutors Indict 23 over Quake Skyscraper Collapse
BANGKOK, THAILAND, AUG 7 – Twenty-three individuals and companies face charges including negligence and falsifying documents after a 30-storey government building collapsed, killing at least 89 workers, prosecutors said.
- Thai prosecutors indicted 23 people and firms in a case linked to the deadly collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during an earthquake.
- The 30-storey tower crumbled seconds after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, killing 89 people on the site, mostly construction workers.
- Among the individuals indicted is Premchai Karnasuta, a top Thai tycoon and executive director of the Italian-Thai Development company, who faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine if convicted.
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Prosecutors have filed charges against 23 individuals, including legal entities, in the Office of the Auditor General building collapse case at the Criminal Court. All suspects remain in the Bangkok Remand Prison.
Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted 23 individuals and companies over the collapse of a building in Bangkok during an earthquake that killed 92 people.
23 Charged in Deadly Skyscraper Collapse
State prosecutors in Thailand have formally indicted 23 individuals and companies on charges related to a Bangkok office building that collapsed after an earthquake , killing at least 92 people. The partially built high-rise, which was to house the new State Audit Office, was the only one in Thailand to completely...
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Prosecutors in Thailand issue indictments for dozens in deadly building collapse
State prosecutors in Thailand have formally indicted 23 individuals and companies on charges related to the collapse of a Bangkok office building that collapsed after an earthquake, killing at least 92 people.
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