NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 28 February 2024

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Thai Prosecutors announced they will charge a former national police chief and seven others with impeding legal action against  Vorayuth Yoo-vidhya, heir to the Red Bull energy drink family,  who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a hit-and-run in 2012.

The former police chief was charged with abuse of power in order to aid an individual to avoid prosecution. The National Anti-Corruption Commission last year accused him in tampering with evidence by altering the record of the speed of the car that Vorayuth was allegedly driving at the time of the accident.

 

The haze smothered Chaing Mai yesterday  as the city topped the list of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, due to forest fires that have been raging for several weeks.

The director of the local Conservation Management Office, said resources had been mobilised to combat forest fires and warned of legal action against those involved in forest fires.

 

The minister for agriculture co operatives announced yesterday that hotels and resorts built on land around Khao Yai National Park, which have been designated to landless farmers for agricultural purposes, must be demolished and the land seized,

New inspections will be conducted at Khao Yai and and at national parks  nationwide.

The minister stressed that Every single plot of illegally occupied land will be seized.

 
Around the region    

Indonesia’s media outlets have welcomed a new regulation requiring digital platforms to pay them for content, which they hope will raise revenue.

The new publisher’s rights regulation takes effect in August and aims to level the playing field between the media and big tech firms, that have taken lion’s share of advertising revenue. 

Indonesia is the first country in Asia to introduce such a law, which has been adopted by Australia, Canada and several European countries.

 

WEATHER 

 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny, 37C

Bangkok: cloudy with rain, 34C

Pattaya: cloudy with thundery showers 32

Phuket and the south: sunny, light cloud 33C

Hua Hin: Sunny, some cloud…winds light from the South east 32C        

 

AQI Green to  yellow moderate, Orange High      
Green clear, yellow moderate, 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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