NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday 19 February 2024

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A group of protesters opposed to the release of Taksin Shinawatra. Say they believe he is not seriously ill, press pictures showed Takin wearing a neck brace being driven out of the police general hospital yesterday morning.

His daughter petongtarn later posted a picture of her father sitting by a swimming pool at their home in the west of Bangkok
The People's Network for Thailand Reform, plans to submit a letter to the National Anti-Corruption Commission asking for an investigation.

 

A 62 year old pharmacist fell to his death from a BTS station on Charan Sanitwong Road yesterday.

The man's brother told police the pharmacist had health problems and his wife was undergoing medical procedures.

 

The department of special investigation has offered a 2 million baht reward for information leading to the murderer of a japanese woman 17 years ago.

The deceased woman's parents Thailand's justice minister in Bangkok to follow up on investigations in to their 27 year old daughters death in Sukhothai in 2007.

The case’s statute of limitations will expire in 2027, the parents urged minister Thawee to exempt it from the statute like murder cases in Japan.
 
The governments department of natural resources claims the khao yai national park is safe and that it cannot be used for other purposes.

Their claim follows a statement by the Agricultural Land Reform Office that nearly 3000 rai of land may be used by farmers, and that 42 plots have already been allocated, however the department claims some of the land recipients may not be farmers and has launched an investigation.

 

Around the region    

China:  domestic Tourism revenues surged during the Lunar New Year holidays that ended on Saturday,  revenues were up by 47.3 percent year-on-year and surpassed 2019 levels.
                    
WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north: Sunny partly cloudy 35

Bangkok: partly cloudy some showers,  35C

Pattaya: partly cloudy, thundershowers  32C

Phuket and the south: Sunny partly cloudy 33C

Hua Hin: Sunny,  winds lite, from the south east …32C

 

AQI  Yellow to Orange ,  moderate to HIGH 
Temperatures are likely to rise in the next few day      
Green clear, yellow light, Orange High, Red unhealthy.  

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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