Premchai Karnasuta


Premchai Karnasuta is a Thai businessman who serves as the chairman of Italian-Thai Development Plc.

Poaching arrest

In February 2018, park rangers found Premchai and a group of employees in possession of barking deer, kalij pheasant and a black panther in Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand. On 14 August 2019, Premchai was convicted of illegal firearms possession after poaching protected wildlife in a wildlife sanctuary. He was released on parole 12 October 2023, two months before his sentence ended. His early release was attributed to poor health.

2025 arrest

On 15 May 2025, Thailand's Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Premchai in connection with the 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapse. Premchai surrendered to police on 16 May 2025.