Old doubts rise on collapsed SAO site

The collapsed State Audit Office (SAO) building has come under renewed scrutiny following a recent news report detailing longstanding irregularities in the construction project, which began in 2009.

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According to the Isra News Agency, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) last year found grounds to allegations against former Auditor-General Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka and others regarding a 25.8-million-baht design contract linked to the project.

Initially, the building was to be constructed on a 15-rai plot in Pathum Thani owned by the Treasury Department. However, the location was later changed to the Chatuchak area in Bangkok, the site where the building under construction collapsed during the March 28 earthquake.