Engineers tasked with checking Bangkok’s leaning shophouses for structural issues


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Engineering Institute of Thailand has been told to check the shophouses at the top of Sukhumvit Soi 101/1 to find out why they are tilting at an alarming angle.

Photos of a row of the tilting shophouses were posted on Facebook on Sunday by Bangkokian Patai Padungtin sparking concern that the buildings could collapse at any time.

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