Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.
Chadchart Sittipunt the governor of Bangkok, said Thai authorities have successfully detected the vital signs of at least three people who were caught in a collapsed tower block
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The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.
The Thai police have detained four Chinese nationals who allegedly tried to remove files from the building site. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Buildings are rising all over the city, emblems of economic growth. But an earthquake that sent one crashing to the ground has stirred fears about building safety.
Investigation into Bangkok skyscraper collapse reveals irregularities, anti-corruption watchdog says, with 11 dead and many missing.
It was the only high-rise that crumbled to the ground when the earthquake struck. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Other buildings in Bangkok have cracks from Friday’s earthquake. But only this under-construction tower is a mound of rubble.
An anti-corruption watchdog had flagged to authorities irregularities it found in the construction of a Bangkok skyscraper before it collapsed in an earthquake last week, killing at least 12 people, the head of the group told Reuters.