An aerial photo showing the site of the under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025 following an earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar. - AFP
BANGKOK: Thai prosecutors indicted a local construction magnate, Chinese developer and more than 20 other parties linked to the collapse of a partly finished government building in Bangkok that killed 89 workers following an earthquake in March.
Premchai Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development Pcl, along with China Railway No. 10 (Thailand) Co and 21 other defendants, were formally charged for professional negligence causing deaths, Sakkasem Nisaiyok, a spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General, said in a statement. The filing was made to the criminal court on Thursday (Aug 7).
