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INSANE: State audit office - The Real Truth

Why Thailand's deadly construction accidents are sparking outrage and scrutiny

Thailand's construction industry is facing intense scrutiny after several deadly accidents

The Independent UK

Thai construction tycoon and engineers charged over deadly Bangkok high-rise collapse

The building, meant to house Thailand’s State Audit Office, was the only structure in the Southeast Asian country to collapse in the quake in neighbouring Myanmar, killing 92 people.

Euronews

17 arrest warrants issued over SAO building collapse

The Criminal Court on Thursday approved arrest warrants for 17 people, including construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in connection with the collapse of the 2.1-billion-baht State Audit Office building in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

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Search for bodies ends at Bangkok collapse site

Efforts to recover the bodies of those lost in the collapse of the State Audit Office building in Bangkok, triggered by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, have ended, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Five more bodies pulled from rubble

Five more bodies have been retrieved from the collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building.

Bangkok Post

Construction executive of collapsed Bangkok building arrested

The Department of Special Investigation has arrested a Chinese executive of the construction company that was building the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, where dozens of people died when it collapsed during the March 28 earthquake.

Bangkok Post

100 questioned over Bangkok building collapse

Police have interviewed nearly 100 people as part of an investigation into the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

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Four more bodies found in collapsed tower

Four more bodies have been found in the rubble that was the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, as searchers approach an area where many labourers were working when the March 28 earthquake struck.

Bangkok Post

Big spending on furniture for collapsed tower sparks outrage

A list of expensive furniture prepared for a new building under construction for the State Audit Office (SAO) -- which collapsed during Friday

Bangkok Post

Hospital building, airport terminal also being built by discredited Chinese company

A new building at Songkhla Hospital is being built by the same Chinese company constructing the 30-storey State Audit Office building that collapsed during the earthquake last Friday.

Bangkok Post

Thai authorities accuse developers of using substandard steel for a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake

At least 21 deaths have been reported in Thailand. More than half came from the collapsed skyscraper, meant to house the country's State Audit Office.

Fortune

Chinese construction firm investigated

The government is stepping up its investigation into other construction projects linked to the Chinese contractor of the State Audit Office

Bangkok Post

Scan shows possible survivors in collapsed Bangkok skyscraper

A scanner has detected 70 signs that could be missing people deep inside the rubble of the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post

‘Substandard steel’ used in collapsed Bangkok tower

The contractors of the under-construction office tower that collapsed in Bangkok during last Friday’s earthquake apparently used substandard steel bars made by a factory that had been closed by authorities.

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Search continues for building collapse survivors

The search for survivors trapped in the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok continued on Monday amid reports that life signs were being detected three days after Friday

Bangkok Post

7-day deadline for probe into Chinese-built high-rise collapse

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Bang Sue logo redesign 'transparent'

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Thursday defended the State Railway of Thailand's 33-million-baht nameplate and logo redesign for Bang Sue Grand Station.

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