Thai construction magnate surrenders to police over building collapse in quake

Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co arrives on a wheelchair at Bang Sue Police Station in Bangkok, Thailand (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

A construction magnate, builders, designers and engineers have surrendered to police on criminal negligence charges for the deadly collapse of a Bangkok high-rise in the March 28 earthquake that hit Myanmar.

Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Co, the main Thai contractor for the building project, as well as designers and engineers were among 17 charged with professional negligence causing death, Bangkok deputy police chief Noppasin Poonsawat said.