Top Indonesia oil and gas regulator jailed seven years for graft


Rudi Rubiandini, the former head of Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator SKKMigas, was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday for taking more than $1.5 million in bribes.
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Rudi Rubiandini, the former head of Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator SKKMigas, was sentenced to seven years in jail Tuesday for taking more than $1.5 million in bribes.
Country: Indonesia
Company Involved: Kernel Oil Pte Ltd
Industry: Oil and Gas
Public Official: Rudi Rubiandini, Chairman of Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force Team (SKKMigas)
An official of the Singapore-based energy trading firm accused of bribing one of Indonesia's top oil and gas regulators wants to name other companies involved in the graft.
A lawyer for Singapore-based energy trader Kernel Oil said Tuesday that a company official bribed a top Indonesia regulator to break into the country's oil industry.