Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arriving on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok on May 16, 2025 to surrender to police. - AP
BANGKOK: A construction magnate and several builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police Friday (May 16) 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 deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said.
