Bangkok: "Chadchart" reveals today that another 11 bodies were found under the State Audit Office building. Continued digging through the debris, searching for missing persons under the collapsed State Audit Office building, today 11 bodies were found, while the giant backhoe 'Majin Boo' finished its 24-day mission after helping to dig through the debris to the ground. Meanwhile, the DSI has now released 121 boxes of documents, revealing that they are useful for the case, and preparing to enter them into the case file. Mr. Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok, visited the area to follow up on the progress of the search for missing persons and the dismantling of the Office of the Auditor General building. He revealed that after yesterday's Chinese banquet for the deceased, today 11 missing persons were found, starting from 3 am, 1 body and another 10 bodies during the day (as of 4 pm). Most of the bodies were clearly visible in the same area, which is Zone D2, leaning towards Zone C, leaving about 12 missi ng persons under the rubble (unofficial figures). The point where the missing persons were found was at the fire escape, where it was expected that many missing persons would be found. From calculations, it should be around the 3rd or 4th floor. Each body was stacked less than a meter apart, looking like they were trying to run into the parking building, according to what the survivors told us. This is good news amidst the bad news, as workers will be able to return home on Labor Day. As for the official figures as of 6 pm, there were 103 victims, 74 dead, and 20 are being tracked down.
According to Thai News Agency, Mr. Suriyachai Rawiwan, Director of the Bangkok Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office (DDPM), stated that some of the bodies found were discovered by the K9 dogs that are still working continuously. Currently, the average height of the remains in every zone is 3 meters. The machinery that still has to work hard every day, 24 hours a day, has some damage and needs to be replaced. Some parts may be stuck. The problem during this period will be the demolition of the cement slabs, beams, and large pillars in Zone A that fell and blocked the way. He also confirmed that the parking building is still in good condition. It was not affected by the storm last night. There were no shaking as rumored.
For today's work plan, officials are focusing on removing debris from Zones B and C to open the entrance to the stairwell near the elevator, where it is believed that some more victims will be found. It is expected that by May, the building debris will be found and dismantled according to the timeframe. Today, officials are using a truck to move a giant SK1000 pink backhoe, or Majin Boo, out of the area of the Office of the Auditor General building to return to the company's location after completing a mission to demolish the collapsed Office of the Auditor General building for 24 days until it reached the ground level. An excavator will be brought in to replace it.
DSI opens 121 boxes of documents, preparing to import them into the case file. Regarding the progress of the case, this morning, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) together with the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning invited representatives of the State Audit Office (SAO) and representatives of joint ventures contracted for the SAO building construction project to open 121 boxes of documents seized from 26 containers at the new SAO building construction site. It took officials more than 5 hours to open all 121 boxes of documents, but they are still in the process of sorting them. Initially, they are considered useful and documents that the DSI needs, and some of them will be considered for import into the case file.
The representative of the State Audit Office revealed that the documents opened today were documents related to the contractor. As for whether there were any irregularities in the documents, he did not know. The State Audit Office opened 30 boxes of documents today, some of which were returned, but it was not known how many boxes were from other companies.
As for the 8 engineers who were called in for questioning today, initially all of them came. Since the first day, 29 April, 25 out of 40 people have been questioned. Tomorrow will be the last day of questioning. As for the engineers who did not come as scheduled, they will be called in to give their statements again within this week.
For the testimonies of the 25 engineering witnesses, 19 people have now testified that they forged signatures, and 6 people have admitted that they were their own signatures.