Premchai Karnasuta

Built World

Released on bail November 2025; facing criminal negligence charges under electronic monitoring

Italian-Thai Development has built much of modern Thailand—Suvarnabhumi Airport, the BTS Skytrain, major highways. For 65 years, it remained one of two contractors automatically considered for mega-projects. That changed on January 15, 2026, when Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered the company permanently blacklisted after its second deadly crane collapse in two days killed 2 more people, following 32 deaths the day before when a crane fell onto a moving passenger train.

Updated Jan 30