NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 14 July 2023

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Thai prime ministerial hopeful Pita Lim-jaroen-rat was dealt a major setback yesterday after two separate complaints  with the election commission regarding shares in itv and proposed amendments to the Les majeste laws,  threatened to derail his leadership bid just ahead of today's crucial vote by MPs and the senate.

Move Forward responded by accusing the Election Commission of “abuse of power”  The Election Commission shut down the "comment" function on its Facebook page after it was bombarded with criticism from the public.

Most Move Forward Party supporters gathered in protest at Pathumwan bangkok and also in other cities including Chiang Mai.

 

The House of Representatives yesterday met to discuss their response to the deadly collapse of an elevated road under construction near latkrabang in Bangkok.

The speaker asked for departments to come up with ideas to find the cause and ways of preventing similar tragedies from recurring.

 

Authorities in Chiang Mai have warned people to be wary of a scam on a Line chat account that falsely claims to be able to issue citizenship ID cards. 

At least 23 people fell for the scam resulting in losses of almost half a million baht. 

 

Almost 60 students at a thai school in northern thailand were sent back to Myanmar yesterday after they had enrolled illegally

A further 67 students who have lost contact with their parents due to the ongoing conflict remain at the school while authorities work out how to deal with them, several people falsely claiming to be parents   turned away due to lack of documentation.

 

A “Zero Carbon” mobile application has been launched to help tourists and tourism operators monitor their carbon emissions. The apps executive director said this app will help tourists monitor their carbon footprint generated by their activities and help provide travel routes and methods that are considered net zero tourism. About 1,500 zero-carbon routes will be added to the app in the next three years. 

Around the Region:

Malaysia is attempting to find a group of at least 12 Malaysians who have gone missing in northern India, which is heavily affected by torrential rains.
Widespread flooding caused at least 31 deaths, thousands to leave their homes and stranded tourists.

The weather:  Bright  with thundershowers 

Chiang Mai and the north:  bright partly cloudy with showers,  32C                    
Bangkok: Bright but Cloudy, 34C
Pattaya, Sunny, partly cloudy 32C
Phuket and the south: Sunny partly cloudy 30C                                                                                               
‘Hua Hin’ :Sunny becoming  cloudy, a chance of rain later in the day 34C.

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