HUNDREDS of Myanmar workers refused to let rescuers enter a factory construction site in Rayong after a tower crane collapsed killing seven workers and injured many others as they demanded 5 million baht compensation for each of their colleagues killed, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Mar. 29).
This factory is being built by Sin Ker Yuan Co. Ltd in Ta Sit subdistrict, Pluak Daeng district, with entry blocked after the accident.
After some rescuers managed to drive in to help the injured, the hundreds of workers surrounded the vehicle and smashed parts of it as they did not want any of the bodies removed from the compound, fearing this would affect their compensation demand.
The rescuers managed to take one seriously injured worker to the hospital but none of the others injured nor the dead bodies.
Zoom Rayong’s Facebook page said Pluak Daeng police station superintendent is negotiating with the workers through an interpreter.
The rescuers were told to not go in as it was feared they would not be able to get out of there but they later joined the negotiation,
At 7.22 p.m. reporters heard cheering from within the construction site after the interpreter made some announcements.
Negotiation still continued at 7.40 p.m. with more police officers, officials and a team of Volunteer Defence Corp having now arrived.
This company is building a factory to produce steel sheets, shaped steel and wire rods with the construction period lasting five years having started on April 1, 2021 and to be completed on March 31, 2026.
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