The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will question an environmental engineer today, who claims that he was not involved in the collapsed building project, despite his signature appearing on engineering documents.
The DSI is investigating the 30-storey State Audit Office (SAO) building failure on March 28, following a powerful earthquake in Myanmar.
As of today, the official death toll stands at 41, with 53 people still missing.
Somkiat Chusangsuk, 66, has filed a complaint with police, claiming that his signature on project documents was forged and that he had no involvement in the project. He submitted evidence to police yesterday to support his complaint, which was filed on
Sunday.
The documents allegedly show his signature as an engineer working with the PKW joint venture. PKW was the construction supervision consultant for the doomed SAO high-rise.
Somkiat said he only recently discovered the forged signature, when an online media outlet published the document. A friend saw his name and alerted him.
An employee of the joint venture had contacted him in 2020, inviting him to join the project, but he declined. He emphasised that he did not sign any documents or receive any payment.
One of the main reasons he turned down the offer to work as a consulting engineer was because he is serving as president of the Engineer Clinic, under the Engineering Institute of Thailand.
“I was concerned that, if I worked as an engineer on any project, it would lead to conflicts (of interest) and ethical issues,” he said.
