Horrible scenes. Some reports that the owner, his wife, daughter and the manager were all on board.

I find it weird why they're holding back on information of exactly who was in the helicopter, and if they've survived or not. 

You want to confirm it first - even if you had the people that were meant to be onboard.

Also, you probably want to confirm with the next of kin before going public.

I think the delay was more so to do with business interests. King Power would have been sorting out their finances and stock strategies before announcing the death of their boss. It's unforunate but thats how billion dollar companies need to be run. A similar thing happened a few months ago when the Ferrari boss suddenly passed away.

I thought KP was privately held.

Yep I was wrong about that. The point I was trying to make is with such a large (successful) company, there would have been lots going on behind the scenes.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2018/10/30/thailands-king-power-duty-free-empire-faces-unknown-after-vichais-death/