NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 26 July 2023

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The speaker of parliament has postponed a vote to name the next prime minister by the two houses of the legislature as political deadlock continued.

The vote was due tomorrow following two unsuccessful attempts by Pita Lim-jaroen-rat, to become prime minister.

The Pheu Thai party, which is backed by Thaksin Shinawatra, had been expected to nominate its candidate for premier as part of an eight-party alliance that includes Move Forward.

The postponement was due to a petition to review a decision that blocked the re-nomination of Pita as a prime ministerial candidate on July 19.

Move Forward Party says it will submit a motion to parliament to reconsider the july 19th vote, Move forward MPs cited over a hundred lecturers in law  who expressed their opposition to  parliaments decision to forbid a renomination of their  Prime Ministerial candidate.

A former children’s entertainer who was extradited from Thailand to the United Kingdom was jailed for 30 years for multiple sex offences involving children.

Paul Mc Kee was arrested last September and was detained while extradition was being arranged.

Police investigations began in 2017 after McKee left the U.K, authorities there worked closely with Thai police in arresting and securing McKee’s extradition.

 

Authorities in Prachuap Khiri Khan received reports of a body floating in the sea off ‘Ko Leum Island’  near Bang Saphan, 

It was believed to be the body of a 19 year old fisherman who went missing on Sunday.
Doctors say the cause of death appeared to be suffocation, possibly occurring about three days earlier, The body was sent to Prachuap Hospital for further examination.

 

Around the Region:

 

Philippines: Typhoon Doksuri barrelled across the north of the country with windspeeds of 185 kilometers per hour, forcing thousands of evacuations, meanwhile Hong Kong issued storm warnings while 

China urged fishing boats to seek shelter and farmers to speed up their harvest while Taiwan suspended annual military drills,  Super Typhoon Doksuri headed North west south of Taiwan towards the Chinese mainland.

The weather:  

 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny partly cloudy 36C                    
Bangkok: Cloudy, with thundershowers 34C
Pattaya, Cloudy, with thundershowers showers 31C
Phuket and the south: Partly cloudy thunder showers 30C                                                                                               
‘Hu aHin’ :Bright  cloudy,    32C.

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com

 

 

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