NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 21 June 2023

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Move Forward Party leader Pita Lim-jaroen-rat says he has tested positive for Covid-19, the prospective prime minister who has received 6 jabs is isolating after feeling sick on Sunday.

 

Four police officers are under investigation for alleged extortion from a drug dealer, they reportedly demanded 300,000 baht in exchange for letting him go. 

Officers seized over 16,500 methamphetamine pills, drug paraphernalia, a copy ID card , residential documents, and a vehicle. The authorities are actively interviewing witnesses and examining CCTV as part of their ongoing inquiry.

 

Newly elected Pheu Thai MP Thossa-porn Serirak has vowed to push for a draft amnesty law at the earliest opportunity in parliament to absolve political offenders, adding that this would be a priority and he plans to raise it at the first parliamentary meeting expected in the coming days 

 

3D scanning technology will be used to monitor Wat Arun's main stupa in after it was found to have tilted, The temple on the bank of the chao phraya river in Bangkok will be checked every 3 months as part of the ‘department of fine arts’ project to survey historic buildings in the capital.

Around the Region:
The Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) has moved its first-ever joint drills, due mid September, edging them away from waters disputed by China.
joint exercises were initially slated to take place in waters which Indonesia claims as its exclusive economic zone but where Beijing’s ships occasionally patrol.

China claims most of the South China Sea despite protests from South-east Asian nations, including Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia.

 

The weather:  Cloudy with thundershowers

Chiang Mai and the north: Bright  Cloudy with showers  33C                    
Bangkok: Sunny partly Cloudy 35
Pattaya, Sunny partly Cloudy 32
Phuket and the south: Sunny DRY 31C                
‘Hua Hin’ :Sunny Partly Cloudy, perhaps a shower late this afternoon  33

 

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