Construction magnate surrenders on negligence charges over Bangkok building collapse in earthquake

Construction magnate surrenders to police over Bangkok tower collapse in earthquake

A construction magnate, builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police Friday on criminal negligence charges for the deadly collapse of a Bangkok high-rise in the March 28 earthquake that hit Myanmar.Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers were among 17 charged with the felony of professional negligence causing death, Bangkok …

Thai construction tycoon among 17 people charged over fatal Bangkok tower collapse

Initial tests of materials gathered at the site in March indicated substandard steel among the wreckage structure, according to industry ministry officials.

Thai tycoon surrenders over deadly skyscraper collapse

A Thai construction tycoon turned himself in on Friday to face charges of alleged negligence over the collapse of a skyscraper that killed dozens of people in a powerful earthquake, police said.

After the devastating collapse of a high-rise building in Bangkok with more than 90 deaths, the first suspects were arrested. One of them is not unknown to Thai justice.

Thai construction tycoon and 14 others surrender to police over fatal Bangkok tower collapse

A Thai construction tycoon and 14 others surrendered to police on Friday over a building collapse that killed nearly a hundred workers during a powerful earthquake in March, authorities said.

A Thai construction tycoon, Premchai Karnasut, and more than a dozen people have surrendered this Friday to the security forces after the collapse of a...