A proposal to suspend repayment of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA)’s Bt130 billion debt to the Finance Ministry will be put to the Cabinet next month, deputy PM and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday.

The Central Bankruptcy Court has set an additional day on August 25 for the examination of the business rehabilitation petition involving Thai Airways International Plc (THAI), when objectors' witnesses can testify before the court, THAI director and acting president Chansin Treenuchagron said.