Thailand’s Messy Telecom Loan to Burma Returns
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has cleared the way to pay the remainder of a controversial US$120 million soft loan by the Export-Import Bank of Thailand to the Burmese government that played a role in the political demise of Samak’s predecessor, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Samak's order clearing the release of the remaining funds came one d…
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