Thai authorities have arrested four Chinese nationals for entering the crime scene at a high-rise building that fell down after a powerful earthquake last week. The suspects were apparently trying to recover vital documents from the crash site without proper permission.
The 30-storey 63 sapça, located in Naypyitaw, the new administrative capital of Myanmar, is the result of an agreement with a Chinese company still under construction and collapsed following a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit central Myanmar. The site was taken off-limits to unauthorized personnel and the Chatuchak District in Bangkok declared a disaster zone due to the incident.
Detained for allegedly stealing 32 confidential documents from the collapsed State Audit Office building, four men were apprehended while extracting the documents from the rear of the collapse site, said Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Bureau Major General Nopasin Poolswat. Initial inquiries showed that one of the arrested person claimed to be a project manager working on the construction. 
The suspects, alleging to be subcontractors underneath the Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited, claimed that the seized documents is necessary for insurance claim. Additionally, however, the authorities considered their entry illegal and subsequently legal action was taken.
In the meantime the death toll is increasing with regards to 17 confirmed, 32 injured and 76 reported missing. Search operations continue with concerns growing over the integrity of the collapsed building, originally worth over two billion baht. The present investigation aims to uncover accountability for crash.
