Oman: OOC chief jailed for 23 years
Issue 965
- 07 Mar 2014
| 1 minute read
A court sentenced the chief executive of state-owned Oman Oil Company (OOC), Ahmed Al-Wahaibi, to 23 years in jail on 27 February for accepting bribes, abuse of office and money laundering. It was the most severe punishment meted out in a series of corruption trials that began in 2013. The Court of First Instance in Muscat also convicted Adel Al-Raisi, a former ministerial aide in the economy ministry, of organising a bribe made by a senior official at South Korea-based LGI to Al-Wahaibi, and sentenced him to 10 years in jail, according to the Reuters news agency.
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