ACT calls for expanded SAO probe

Bigwigs need to feel heat too, it says

- POST REPORTERS

More than 50 days after the collapse of the State Audit Office (SAO) building, the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has demanded an expansion of the investigation to include those in positions of power who may have enabled or approved decisions leading to the tragedy.

Mana Nimitmongkol, ACT secretary-general, said the collapse on March 28 was not only a deadly disaster that claimed about 100 lives, but also a monumental loss of public assets — over 2 billion baht in taxpayers' money.

"Worse still, it has shattered public confidence in the safety and transparency of state construction projects," he said.