“Thai Tycoon, Chinese Developer Indicted Over Building Collapse”, 7 August 2025

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.

Some defendants also faces charges of document forgery and violations of building-control regulations, according to Sakkasem.

The project was being constructed by ITD-CREC, a joint venture between Italian-Thai and China Railway Number 10 (Thailand) Co. Two Chinese nationals were among those indicted, according to the statement.