Yes, a funnel into the silence. They first have to find all stakeholders with controversial material, documents and nformation. Then these stakeholders need to be approached, offering them loads of money and other benefits to keep their mouth shut or tell a different story.
As soon as done, they follow the manuscript for public and anti-corruption committee communication, with the aim to prove that nothing was exceptional, it was just a low frequency earth quake wave, putting the structure in a natural swing mode, and since it was under construction, reinforcements were still missing, so the construction collapsed. Job done.
Gone will be the stories of low steel quality, violation against safety guidelines, dubious Chinese subcontractors, etc.
What almost surprises me most is the total lack of these discussions in Thai opinion, or even a revolt against politicians. It feels like Thai always believe these twisting stories of higher officials.