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May 7--UNWANTED ATTENTION FOR BANTHOON: Banthoon Lamsam has been uncharacteristically quiet over the past year. Pity, say the local journalists who have long relied on the president of Thai Farmers Bank for a pithy soundbite or two.
But ever since his colleague, Bank of Asia president Chulakorn Singhakowin, was raked over the coals by the overly sensitive Thaksin government, who can blame Mr Banthoon and other bankers for wanting to lie low?
For the most part, Mr Banthoon has been quite good at keeping his lips zipped, waving off questions on such touchy matters such as interest rates, exports, fiscal policy or the overall economy.
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