It is all a far cry from the aftermathof the 1997-98 Asianfinancialcrisis, which exposedthepoor lendingpracticesandcorporategovernance of many of the region's leadingBanks.
Tarrin is accused of engineering the Finance Ministry's takeover of Krung Thai Bank from the Financial Institutions Development Fund in the wake of last year's leak of a PricewaterhouseCoopers audit report that exposed allegedly poorlending practices at the bank.