NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday 11 September 2023

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Deputy police chief  Surachate Hakparn says Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin would like the police to serve the general public rather than influential people,  his comments came following yesterday's meeting, where
"The prime minister emphasized the need to suppress mafias and influential people so that the average person may have confidence in their own safety. 

 

MOVE Forward leader Pita Lim-jaroen-rat thanked the people of Rayong’ for giving his party’s candidate nearly 40,000 votes in the by-election held there last night.

 

Four Thai people including three women were arrested in Poipet, Cambodia, yesterday, they’re believed to have been involved in making scam calls that prompted a man to kill his family in Samut Prakan province last month, 

They will be brought to Thailand for prosecution. 4 Chinese and a Laos national were also arrested for operating a crypto currency website that defrauded victims out of 2.7 billion baht. 

 

Chinese company Guangzhou Automobile Corp said it plans to develop Thailand into a global production center for its right-hand drive electric cars.

A new assembly plant will be built within the eastern economic corridor next year with production due to being in 2025 Making thailand the companies first overseas production base, 

 

One worker was killed and two injured after a crane collapsed at a construction site  and demolished part of an auditorium near Thong Lor in Bangkok yesterday afternoon. An investigation is underway to find the cause of the accident.

 

2 crewmen were reported missing following the sinking of a fishing boat off an Island south of Phuket yesterday, two other crew managed to swim ashore. The search continues for the two missing.

 

Over 500 cyclists participated in a 50 kilometer ride yesterday organized by the Hua Hin - Cha-am Tourism Business association and local authorities.

The event was aimed at promoting cycling  tourism around military areas and increasing awareness of environmental conservation

Around The Region:

 Singapore's Changi Airport closed a runway for about three hours yesterday after an Air China flight caught fire en route from Chengdu,the flight encountered smoke in a cargo hold and a washroom"
The aircraft landed safely and emergency services extinguished a fire in the left engine. 

The weather:

 
Cloud and thunderstorms in central and northern Thailand
Clearer in the south.

Chiang Mai and the north: thunderstorms 30C                    
Bangkok:, thundershowers, 31C
Pattaya,  thundershowers 31C
Phuket and the south: DRY partly cloudy,: 30C                                                                                            
Hua Hin: Bright, cloudy, some rain: 31C.

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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