81.   Even if the loans are approved, their disbursement is expected to be delayed by required reforms.

82.   Five top executives of the bank, Bapindo, were sentenced to four to nine years in prison for violating banking rules by approving the loan.

83.   Five bank executives were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four to nine years for approving the loan in violation of bank rules.

84.   FTI secretary-general Chatchai Boonyarat said that he understands the commercial banks are having difficulty approving new loans because they have to maintain their capital fund adequacy ratios.

85.   He said the investigation should not end there because people should know who approved the loans and how many people were involved.

86.   He said when the loan was approved he informed Azman about it, but the latter said he no longer wanted to be the guarantor.

87.   IMF approves loan for Russia.

88.   In addition, the administration insisted that the Turkish government take a number of prior actions before the IMF loans were approved.

89.   In one case, a cousin of the applicant was a member of the committee which approved the loan.

90.   In recent months, lawmakers have repeatedly voted down deals with the World Bank, before the government finally persuaded them to approve the loans.