The Department of Special Investigation is to question 51 engineers who were involved in the construction of the collapsed SAO building.
DSI Spokesman Pol Maj Woranan Srilum said today that the DSI has obtained the names of the engineers from documents seized from four contractors, including the PKW joint venture, which was supervising the construction, the PN Synchronise Company and the Car Hub Company.
Among the 51 are Somkiat Chusaengsuk and “Chairith”, who claim that their names, which appear on contractor documents, were forged, and Pimon Charoenying, an 85-year-old engineer, who was involved in the design of the SAO building, said Woranan.
He said that the DSI’s investigation is focusing on the use of Thai nominees as partners in some construction firms, which are actually managed by non-Thais.
A joint venture of Italian Thai Development (ITD) and China Railway No 10 (Thailand) won the bid to construct the SAO building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district.
