NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday 6 March 2023

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AN AMERICAN tourist, who was handcuffed and hit in the face by a pub guard just over a week ago has filed  an application to prosecute the owner and the guard who attacked him,

Mr. Carkhuf    had mistakenly taken a bottle of water which he thought was free and was then detained and allegedly threatened with a knife and assaulted by the bar manager.

 

THE OWNER of a garage in Udon Thani set his saloon car on fire yesterday,

58 year old Mr Panya, 58, told the police  he bought his car some time ago and was fed up with a constant series of problems and breakdowns.

He said he felt happier having set fire to his car and burning away the problems.  The fire service too 20 minutes to extinguish the flames. 

A study by the department of health claims some 10 percent of Thai kids are obese! It adds the numbers are likely to increase unless parents and schools take action to improve diets and encourage exercise.

The world obesity federation says rates of childhood obesity are expected to double by 2035.

 

Prime Minister Prayut is being treated in Hospital for a swollen wrist, 

The cause is thought to be from a lymph node, the PM is undergoing tests and is  expected to be discharged in the next day or two. 

 

Today is maka  bucha day a public holiday

The Region:

Bangladesh: A massive fire roared through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh yesterday leaving thousands homeless, 

Malaysia

Families of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared mysteriously nine years ago, called on the government to allow a US seabed exploration firm to mount a new search for the missing plane.
MH370 became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries when it disappeared on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

 

The weather: 

Chiang Mai: Sunny 34
Bangkok: Sunny 34
Pattaya: Sunny, 32
Phuket and the far south: Sunny 32C

Here in Hua Hin : Sunny, 30C
The air quality index:  Red -  HIGH

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com

 

 

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