Seventeen arrest warrants issued over Bangkok skyscraper collapse

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A tribunal successful Thailand has issued 17 apprehension warrants for radical connected to the gathering of a skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake successful March.

The 30-storey tower, being built to location the State Audit Office, was felled erstwhile Bangkok was deed by tremors of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck neighbouring Myanmar.

Authorities said they had recovered 89 bodies from the rubble of the tower, portion 7 stay unaccounted for.

Police investigating the origin of the illness said the warrants were issued to radical progressive successful the design, operation and gathering supervision of the tower, section media reported.

Police named lone 1 of the individuals arsenic businessman Premchai Karnasuta, a erstwhile president of Italian-Thai Development PLC., 1 of Thailand's largest operation firms.

Thai media reported connected Thursday that investigators had recovered structural flaws successful a assistance shaft successful the building. Thai authorities are yet to merchandise their findings into the origin of the building's collapse.

Footage showed high-rise buildings successful Bangkok swaying and water falling from rooftop pools onto the streets below resulting from the beardown tremors.

Buildings successful the Thai superior emerged from the quake mostly unscathed but for the State Audit Office - a operation made of bluish solid and alloy that was situated other the Chatuchak market, a fashionable tourer attraction.

It had been nether operation for 3 years astatine a outgo of much than 2 cardinal Thai baht ($59m; £45m) earlier it was reduced to rubble.

More than 400 workers were astatine the tract erstwhile it collapsed and drones, sniffer dogs, cranes, and excavators were brought successful to assistance with the rescue effort.