NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 4 May 2023

A Thai woman, dubbed "cyanide AM," is charged with 14 murder counts for a series of suspected poisonings. Her high-ranking police officer husband is facing fraud and embezzlement charges related to the murders.

Forensic officers discovered three sachets of potassium cyanide resembling tea bags in a car used by the woman, containing 15mg of cyanide each. which is enough to kill a person within 10 minutes. 

The mayor and a public works director in Pathum Thai have been charged with receiving bribes. The mayor reported to police after a victim complained of being asked to pay 500,000 baht above the expected price for registering land. The public works director was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe.

A Thai woman in Pathum Thani  near Bangkok, reportedly used a charcoal stove to commit suicide with her 11 Poodle dogs. She was found dead in her SUV, with her dogs also deceased in the back seat. A charcoal stove was found in the car boot, suggesting she used it to cause carbon monoxide poisoning.

Around the region….
Laos: The murder of a young Laotian pro-democracy activist has shocked civil society and urged authorities to investigate. The 25 year old victim, known as "Jack," was an administrator of a Facebook page openly critical of the communist government and was shot twice at point-blank range on April 29.

The weather: 

Chiang Mai and the north:  Sunny, 40 degrees!                         
Bangkok:  Sunny partly cloudy, 35C. 
Pattaya,  Sunny, Partly Cloudy, 33C
Phuket and the south:  Cloudy with isolated thunderstorms  32C                                                                                and.. ‘Hua Hin’ : Sunny, partly cloudy,  35 degrees.

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