NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday June 24 2022

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The owner of the Daruma Sushi Japanese restaurant franchise was denied bail yesterday, as police believe he may try to flee the country.

 

39 year old Meta Chaling-suk, denied charges of fraud, he is being held at Bangkok Remand Prison.

 

A 26-year-old man stabbed his wife to death in a school classroom in Surin eastern Thailand yesterday, he then jumped out of the window to escape and broke both his legs. The two had separated,  both had argued in the classroom before the stabbing took place. It’s believed the man Mr Worapong had threatened to kill his wife a few days before the attack. 

 

Hundreds of private motorcyclists that provide Grab services campaigned outside the Ministry of Transport to seek the cancellation of a plan to end their taxi service on July 15.

 

They called for their service to be legalized.

 

The department plans to require bikers to have a public vehicle driving license, register their bikes as public transport and use the same fares structure as used by taxis. 

 

Thailand plans to launch it’s first satellite next year. The government-funded “THEOS-2” satellite was developed in the U.K and is being tested in Chonburi.

 

If you're a star gazer..Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have aligned up and were visible to the naked eye in the very early hours of this morning, 

 

There’s a last chance to see them tomorrow morning between 04:30 and sunrise. They were last visible in 2004 and the next opportunity to see them will be in 2040.

 

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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from house arrest to prison in the capital, where she is being held in solitary confinement. 77-years-old Suu Kyi was informed of the transfer during a court hearing on Tuesday then moved the following day. There was no explanation why she had been transferred.

 

Meanwhile: 

Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government asked the international community to urgently provide material - support to help end the junta’s daily atrocities and violence against the people, as the death toll in Myanmar exceeded 2,000 this week.

 

Singapore has started importing renewable energy from Laos through Thailand and Malaysia after signing a power purchase agreement with  Laos' state owned electricity company marking the first multilateral cross-border electricity trade involving four ASEAN countries.

 

Cloudy with rain across the country

Chiang Mai: Bright becoming cloudy with rain this afternoon 31C

 

Bangkok: Bright partly cloudy some thunder showers 34C

 

Pattaya and SE: cloudy with thunderstorms and torrential  rain at times 31C

 

Phuket and the South: Bright, cloudy with thunderstorms 28C

 

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

 

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