Dashcam footage has emerged showing the panic caused by an earthquake, followed by a high-rise building collapsing just yards away.

The motorist was driving past the bustling Chatuchak Weekend Market beloved by tourists when the tremors from neighbouring Myanmar shook Bangkok, Thailand, on March 28.

Onboard camera footage from the car shows locals and holidaymakers fleeing from a shopping centre and rushing across the road towards safety.

But seconds later, the 33-storey State Audit Office - built by a Communist China state enterprise - collapsed in a cloud of dust and rubble, killing at least 22 workers.

Rescue teams have spent the last week searching for trapped survivors and recovering bodies.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said today, April 3, that 22 deaths have been recorded.

An anti-corruption watchdog had earlier flagged alleged irregularities in the construction of the building, which was a joint venture between the local firm Italian Thai Development PCL and the Communist government of China.

David Zhang, a commentator on the abuses of the Communist rogue state, described the collapsed office tower as a 'tofu dreg', as it was the only building to completely crumble in Thailand.

He said: 'It just crumbles, there's really no structure to speak of. Not even any physical resistance seems to have been added to the material there.'

The China expert explained that the Communist government's local subsidiary working on the building was China Railway No.10 Engineering Group Co., Ltd., which is owned by the China Railway Group Limited, which is itself a subsidiary of the state-owned China Railway Engineering Corporation.

Authorities said Thailand's Ministry of Industry has taken construction material samples from the site for investigation.

The structure, intended to oversee the country's accounts, had cost 2.13 billion Baht (around 50 million GBP) and began construction in 2020. However, it had run over budget and was behind schedule.

Shockingly, four Chinese nationals were arrested for trying to remove paperwork from the wreckage on March 29, just a day following the deadly quake. The site had been restricted from public access after it was declared a disaster zone by authorities.

The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.7 tremor struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), and was centred in Myanmar, around 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Monywa, along the Sagaing fault.

Residents ran from their homes when they felt the tremors shortly after 1:20 pm local time on March 28. More than 3,000 people in the country have been killed and some 4,500 injured, with the figures expected to rise.

The quake destroyed buildings, bridges, and dams, leaving many areas in ruins. Communication remains difficult as mobile networks are down, and access to electricity and the internet is limited.

Rescue teams from Communist China - a close ally of the Burmese junta - have been working alongside locals in Myanmar, or Burma, to provide relief from the disaster.

American teams have been delayed by issues with sanctions on the war-torn country and problems obtaining visas.

US officials are said to have claimed that the American absence shows how President Donald Trump's moves to slash the size of the US government have reduced its ability to act during disasters.