NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 1 September 2023

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Thaksin Shinawatra’s  application for a ROYAL pardon was confirmed to have been received by the deputy prime minister yesterday. Thaksin who was sentenced to 8 years behind bars may be detained for over a year or a third of his jail term before his application is officially considered according to the outgoing deputy prime minister.

Police are searching for the mother after the body of a newborn  baby was found on a beach in Chanthaburi.
Officers Say the baby had been dead for around 6 or 7 hours and  still had its umbilical cord attached. 

Sixteen students were injured after a school bus hit a traffic light and overturned in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. Three were kept in hospital while the others were able to go home.

The 52 year old bus driver said he accelerated to drive across the junction quickly but lost control of the vehicle.

A taxi driver has returned a violin worth 18 million baht to a well-known Chinese violinist who had left the 200-year-old instrument in his taxi in Bangkok. 

Police contacted a taxi radio station to find the driver and taxi with the instrument, the violin was finally returned to the chinese owner at Thonglor police station.

 

X 2 MRT train services will be partly powered by Solar energy following an agreement between the  CK Power Company and the Metro system, CK Power is a  pioneer of renewable electricity generation and will provide engineering expertise for the system design, installation and construction.

“This is the first time that solar energy will be used to power a Thai mass transit system on such a large scale, initially providing 12 percent of power requirements.

If you're flying down to Phuket, Taxis using the GRAB application may now legally pick up passengers from the airport. Starting today.
 

Around the Region:

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to skip the G20 meeting in New Delhi next week, this would be seen as a sign of tensions impacting global economic cooperation..

While there was some expectation that Xi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would meet on the sidelines of the recent Brics summit in South Africa, their contact was limited to a few minutes.

The weather:  

Chiang Mai and the north: thundershowers 31C                    
Bangkok: Partly cloudy, thunder showers, 32C
Pattaya, Cloudy, thunderstorms  32C
Phuket and the south: Sunny Partly cloudy, thunderstorms  29C                                                                                  Hua Hin: Sunny, partly cloudy, showers this afternoon : 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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