EGAT's proposed privatisation, might find the government needs cash too badly to heed their concerns.

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The EGAT deal was also one being marketed to foreign investors, so it was another body blow to Thailand's shaky image.

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Recently Thaksin opponents were able to derail the proposed privatization of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) because of a dispute over its ownership of some assets and the presence of one of Thaksin's economic aides, Olarn Chaipravat (with his own vested interests in EGAT), advising EGAT on the deal.

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