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More than 70 officials named in SAO building collapse scandal
The Phuket News
|June 13, 2025
MORE THAN 70 STATE OFFICIALS have been implicated in bidding collusion linked to the doomed State Audit Office (SAO) building in Bangkok, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said on June 4.
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The suspects include former and current SAO executives, as well as members of 10 committees involved in the design, construction and inspection of the building, said Pol Capt Surawoot Rungsai, the DSI deputy secretary-general.
Eighty-nine workers were killed and seven are still missing at the site of the collapse, which occurred during the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that originated in Myanmar on Mar 28, 2025. The B2.1 billion, 30-storey building was the only high-rise in the capital to topple during the quake.
This story is from the June 13, 2025 edition of The Phuket News.
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