NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 16 June 2023

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The Election Commission says it expects to verify most MP candidates by next Wednesday. Out of a total of 329 prospective MPs, 71 are currently being investigated for alleged vote-buying and other breaches of the election law.

 

ITV issued a statement addressing a media shareholding controversy involving the leader of the Move Forward Party. The statement clarified a discrepancy between the official minutes from a shareholders meeting and a video recording of the same meeting. ITV explained that a written report stating the company was still conducting business activities mentioned in the registration does not imply its involvement in the media business. The report simply indicates that the company operates according to its registered objectives and is not defunct. ITV mentioned that its financial income for the previous year came from investments and interest.

The director of the Excise Department's Prevention Bureau is facing disciplinary action after being involved in a case of illegally transported oil. An internal investigation revealed the director was caught when he allegedly contacted the Highway Police and asked them  to release a driver and his tanker, which was carrying a large amount of oil and had been stopped in Prachuap Khiri Khan by the police on June 7.

Donors have contributed a total of 5.9 million baht in cash and essential items to support a four-year-old girl who lives alone with her blind grandmother in a run down shack in Buri Ram.

A teacher met the grandmother and visited her home to find the child cleaning and washing.  She video streamed their daily life which attracted donations from the public  

The teacher then took to Facebook to say the bank account designated for receiving donations has already been closed, with almost 6 million baht. 

Thai researchers said the El Niño climate pattern is now upon us and is expected to last three to five years, possibly triggering prolonged drought and water shortages.

Around the Region:
North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on , South Korean military said, less than an hour after Pyongyang warned of an "inevitable" response to military drills staged earlier in the day by South Korean and US troops.

 

The latest action by North Korea came as US President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, was in Tokyo for meetings with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts.

The weather:  Cloudy with thundershowers

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny partly cloudy  34C                    
Bangkok: Bright isolated thundershowers  32
Pattaya, bright, cloudy some showers 31
Phuket and the south: Sunny partly cloudy 31C                                                                                               
‘Hua Hin’ :sunny partly Cloudy,   33

 

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