PATHUM THANI
Death toll in condo collapse rises to 11
ANAN WICHITPRACHA,
PONGSATAT RUJIPUTTANYAPAT
THE NATION



Eight more bodies pulled out of rubble, three workers still unaccounted for

PATHUM THAN: -- THE NUMBER of deaths caused by the building collapse in Pathum Thani province on Monday has risen to 11, with eight more bodies being retrieved from the rubble yesterday.

Relatives, meanwhile, are anxiously waiting for news about the fate of three workers who are still unaccounted for. The missing three are Thai nationals Tawatchai Suksom and Phoot Khokpae, and a Cambodian worker going by the name of Oh.

"I hope my two other relatives [Thawatchai and Phoot] are still alive. I am hoping for a miracle," Nitiya Suksom said yesterday, after having already lost three family members to the tragedy.

The condominium building was under construction when it crumbled on Monday, trapping dozens of workers. This structure is part of the U Place condominium project.

"We will try to retrieve all the bodies as soon as we can," Chatchai Phromlert, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department's director-general, said yesterday.

Officials from several agencies, including the military as well as |volunteers, have joined efforts to remove the wreckage and locate the missing. Now, every move is recorded on video as the process may provide evidence about the cause of the accident.

As per the department the accident has also injured 25 people.

So far, at least seven suspects - including the project's co-owner Pensri Kitipaisannont, engineer Saksit Inthong and constructor Diao Prabjone, have been charged with recklessness that caused deaths.

Meanwhile, Chatchai said his department will coordinate with relevant agencies to help provide assistance to the victims and their families.

For starters, he said, the Pathum Thani social security office will pay Bt30,000 to each dead victim's family to help with funeral expenses and will cover medical expenses of up to Bt300,000 for those injured. The victims and their families need to register with the office to claim compensation.

Ekasit Limsuwan, vice president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT), said his institute was looking into recent building collapses in a bid to gain information needed to identify the cause of the latest accident, and to develop guidelines that could prevent such tragedies in the future.

According to him, information gathered by the EIT could also help police investigators looking into the accident.

He said that when wrongdoers are brought to justice, businesses might refrain from compromising on public safety for the sake of profits.

The EIT vice president said he had noticed that owners of some public buildings in suburban areas had exploited legal loopholes related to safety systems and environmental measures.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Death-toll-in-condo-collapse-rises-to-11-30240976.html

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There is no good way to die....but that would be one of the sh1ttiest!

"For starters, he said, the Pathum Thani social security office will pay Bt30,000 to each dead victim's family to help with funeral expenses and will cover medical expenses of up to Bt300,000 for those injured. The victims and their families need to register with the office to claim compensation."

But if they are illegal workers (obliged to be so because the Thai bosses did not allow them to be legal) instead of compensation, they'll get fine and jail terms.

Search halted after the last victim plugged from U-Place condo collapse site
 


PATHUM THANI: -- Search and rescue workers comprising charity foundation workers, soldiers, police, and district officials was called off today after the last two bodies trapped under the concrete rubbles were plugged out early Friday morning.

The recovery of the bodies of two Thai workers raised total death toll in the condo collapse to 14.

The last body was identified as Phut Kokpae, 52, a resident of Khao Suan Kwang district of Khon Kaen province, and Thawatchai Suksom.

Both were earlier reported by relatives that they worked at the construction site and went missing after the collapse and were believed among workers trapped under the rubbles.

Of the 14 deaths, 11 are male, and three are female. Three Cambodian workers are among the dead workers.
They are identified only as Im Krau, Pee, and Ooi.

Meanwhile the Social Security Office said it has primarily provided each victim’s family with 30,000 baht and will compensate them further with 60% of the victim’s monthly salary for another right years.

But for foreign workers who worked illegally, they would have to seek compensation straight from their employers.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/search-halted-last-victim-plugged-u-place-condo-collapse-site/

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Plugged out?  60% of the victims salary for another right years?

 

Who wrote this cr ap?

Thai pronunciation of ' plucked ' perhaps.

 

English as it are spoken

Another English language report by a non-native English speaker who only knows the basics of Thaiglish.

Another English language report by a non-native English speaker who only knows the basics of Thaiglish.

 

You mean T-English ('TINGLISH') 

 How about you literary critics translating the report into Thai and see how you get on.

 

14 people dead and that's all you can think of to post.

 

I see the owner of the construction company has shot through to Cambodia to avoid any charges and probably to avoid paying overdue wages as well.

 

Poetic justice if the families of the dead and injured Cambodians were to meet up with him there.

 

I think I remember seeing that the building owner said she would cover all the costs of the workers, I hope that's true and she keeps her word.

 

Including sending the Cambodians home with everything they are owed and then some, and paying compensation for the families of the dead and injured.

 

Immigration should also be helping them to get back rather than hounding them, and going after any agents who brought them here to work illegally.