NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 5 July 2023

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The former leader of the Pracha chart party was officially named as house speaker yesterday, Wan Nor resigned from his old party in order to accept the post of house speaker. All coalition parties endorsed the move. 

Wan Nor stated If the Move Forward leader Mtr Pita fails to receive enough votes by MPs and the senate next week, he will likely be given a second chance in the following week.

 

A 29-year-old man was arrested by the police for killing his 12-year-old niece. He stuffed her body in a plastic box, covered it with concrete and soil, and concealed it beneath a kitchen sink in their home in Din Daeng, Bangkok. The man is thought to have of beat his niece to death on Sunday after she ate some dietary supplements that he and his wife were packing for customers.

A doctor who examined the body said there were many severe wounds to the face and body.

 

Rescue foundations in the north east say they have begun to suspend providing free emergency response services because of lack of funding over the last 8 months. One rescue service in Nakhon Ratchasima claimed it had stopped 5 out of it’s 50 services because they were unable to buy petrol. Some staff were having to pay for fuel, Several services in Khon Kaen were also affected.

 

A temporary checkpoint at the border with Cambodia in Buri Ram has been re opened  and will stay open seven days a week for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic. Cambodian delegates intend to discuss a similar upgrade for another border post to increase trade, investment and tourism.  

Around the Region:

 

China has cancelled a trip by European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell scheduled for next week, 
No reasons were given for the cancellation, which comes as Europe seeks to reduce the risks created by its close economic relationship with China, which Brussels has dubbed an “economic competitor and a systemic rival”.

 

The weather:  Sunny fine and dry to the south with rain in central Thailand 

 

Chiang Mai and the north: thundershowers  32C                    
Bangkok: Bright becoming Cloudy,  32C
Pattaya, bright, cloudy  32C
Phuket and the south: sunny 31C                                                                                               
‘Hua Hin’ :Sunny partly cloudy, rain later today  33C 

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