NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 4 April 2023

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Police say they  are closing in on a hacker who threatened to release data stolen in an alleged security breach affecting millions of people.

A message posted on a forum claimed the hacker had names, addresses, birthdates, ID card numbers and telephone numbers of 55 million Thai nationals.

The hacker threatened to expose the information if a government agency failed to meet a ransom demand by April 5th.

The Thai Consumer Council has stepped up calls for the government to do better to protect people against data theft as the incident has caused a widespread scare among consumers. 

 

Fires that continue to rage within a national park in Chiangmai have prompted authorities to declare the area a disaster zone. 

 

The local governor said the blaze was started by local villagers who believed fires would help local mushroom to grow more easily. 

Now the fight was on to extinguish the blaze which had spread.

 

One  man died after he was shot at least 6 times just a few hundred meters away from a police station in Bangkok. He was identified as a 23 year old student at a local college.

A witness said two men on a motorcycle approached him then opened fire.

 

A Swedish man has been arrested by the Immigration officers for overstaying his visa by more than seven years. 

50 year old Lennart Alexander was staying south of Pattaya.
 
The Institute of Dermatology is offering a Covid19 vaccination service  at its headquarters on Ratcha-witi Road in Bangkok, 
People can take advantage of the service between the 5th to 8th of April and 10th and 11th of this month,   on Ratcha-witi Road Bangkok,
 
 

Around the region….

 

Malaysia's parliament on passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty and reduce the number of offences punishable by death, it also abolished natural-life prison sentences. Malaysia has had a moratorium on executions since 2018, when it first promised to abolish capital punishment.

Japan will end current border control measures on travellers from overseas on May 8th in line with its decision to categorise Covid19 as a common disease, this is a major shift towards normalising social and economic activities.

 

The weather: 

Chiang Mai and the north:  Sunny, hot at 37 degrees
The Air quality index is still red, purple and brown, air quality could be hazardous across much of the north. 
Bangkok:  Sunny, partly Cloudy, a hot 37 degrees. 
Pattaya: cloudy, becoming sunny this afternoon Sunny. 32.    
Phuket and the far south: Sunny partly cloudy with an isolated shower,.. 32.                                                                                                            
Here in ‘HuaHin’ : partly cloudy Sunny and 34 degrees.

 

The air quality index:  yellow to orange  - moderate

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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