Thai government pursues 1998 crisis central banker

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BANGKOK -- Rerngchai Marakanond, former governor of the Bank of Thailand, may face a fine of $1.6 billion stemming from his role in the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Thailand’s finance ministry has completed a three-year investigation into the crisis, and finance chiefs have submitted a civil law suit to the public prosecutors’ office, which lays the blame for the crisis and the ensuing economic carnage in Thailand with Rerngchai.

The panel of investigators, which is one of several committees

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