From Manager, December 30, 2011
The reporter says: What are you doing, Deputy Prime Minister Tong? [Tong is the nickname of Kittiratt Na Ranong.]
Kittiratt says: I’m preparing a new year’s present for the Bank of Thailand’s president.
On the toilet: Financial Institutions Development Fund
[The joke here is that he is removing the massive debts from the government--symbolized as feces--to hand off to the BOT and allow the government to borrow more to fulfill its populist pledges.]
Thailand Plays Pass The Buck On Bank Bailout Bill – Forbes, January 13, 2012
[Thanks to Tom for pointing this out.]
…Now Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is trying to pass the buck to the Bank of Thailand (BOT) and the commercial banking sector for THB45 billion ($1.4 billion) in annual interest payments…
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