NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday June 22 2022

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A third and final suspect in the murder of a thai couple left in a car in Taipei gave himself up to police in Chaing Rai yesterday. The 33 year old was being taken to Bangkok for questioning after two others were apprehended and implicated the third suspect.

Professional  actors from overseas that work on movies filmed in Thailand will be eligible for a tax exemption, following a new proposal by the government,  The new incentive is to encourage  international producers to shoot their films here, Thailand hopes film production will generate around 3.5 billion baht a year over the next 5 years.

 

Hopewell (Thailand) threatened legal action against the government in a series of challenges for failing to pay 30 billion baht compensation over a train infrastructure project that the government cancelled in the 90’s. 

 

The award was granted by the supreme court in 2019, but a later court case gave a stay of execution delaying the payout of  compensation . The minister of transport said the company was thought to have been unlawfully registered, an accusation that was strenuously denied by Hopewell.

 

Police investigators say some 10,000 people may have been conned by the Daruma Sushi restaurant scam, with damages estimated at over 100 million baht.

 

As evidence mounts police will likely issue an arrest warrant for Mr Meta Chaling-suk, the franchise owner who reportedly fled to Dubai on 16th June.

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Taiwan scrambled jets yesterday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, including 17 fighter jets, six bombers, and supporting aircraft. The planes flew to the south of the island and towards the Pacific, this was the largest incursion since May 30th.

 

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency say  6,252 drug suspects were killed up to the end of May during President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs. The department gave a breakdown of more than 15,000 high value suspects arrested.

 

Bright  partly cloudy with Thundershowers showers 

 

Chiang Mai: Bright becoming cloudy with thunder showers this afternoon 34C

 

Bangkok: Bright but cloudy with thundershowers  34C

 

Pattaya and SE: Bright partly cloudy  32C

 

Phuket and the South: Bright, partly cloudy rain at times 28C

 

Hua Hin: Bright becoming cloudy with heavy rain showers expected this afternoon, Feeling hot 32C

 

 

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