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Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse

created: May 15, 2025, 7:39 p.m. | updated: May 17, 2025, 9:46 a.m.

Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapsePolice investigating the cause of the collapse said the warrants were issued to people involved in the design, construction and building supervision of the tower, local media reported. The 30-storey tower, being built to house the State Audit Office, was felled when Bangkok felt tremors of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck neighbouring Myanmar . A court in Thailand has issued 17 arrest warrants for people connected to the building of a skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake in March. Thai media reported on Thursday that investigators had found structural flaws in a lift shaft in the building. Footage showed high-rise buildings in Bangkok swaying and water falling from rooftop pools onto the streets below resulting from the strong tremors.

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