Bangkok: A Chinese state-owned firm and 23 suspects, including a Thai construction tycoon, were indicted over the deadly building collapse in Bangkok during the March 28 earthquake, Thai PBS reported. At least 89 people lost their lives after the 33-story State Audit Office tower collapsed due to a powerful 7.7 magnitude quake that hit Myanmar on March 28. It was the only building that crumbled in Bangkok.

According to Anadolu Agency, the construction of the building was a joint venture between Italian-Thai Development and China Railway Number 10, a local unit of the state-owned China Railway Group. Italian-Thai Development Company and its CEO Premchai Karnasuta, as well as China Railway No 10 and its top executive Xuan Ling-jang, are among those indicted, Sakkasem Neesaiyok, a spokesman for the Office of the Attorney General, told media.

The suspects, who are held in detention in a prison in Bangkok, are accused of negligence in the design, construction, and construction supervision, as well as falsification of documents.