Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday (May 15) settled a long-running human rights lawsuit with villagers who claimed soldiers Exxon hired to guard a natural gas facility in Indonesia committed murder and torture. The two sides said in a Washington, DC, federal court filing that they had resolved the 2001 case. Agnie
Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday settled a long-running human rights lawsuit with villagers who claimed soldiers Exxon hired to guard a natural gas facility in Indonesia committed murder and torture.
The Exxon case was set for a jury trial in Washington starting May 24 to decide whether the company was negligent in contracting with Indonesian soldiers to guard its operations in the country’s Aceh territory during a period of violence and unrest.Fryszman said the plaintiffs, 11 villagers who were not named in court filings, broke down in tears at news of the settlement.
Exxon argued in court filings that there were insufficient links between the company and wrongdoing committed by Indonesian soldiers, an argument US District Judge Royce Lamberth largely rejected last year.
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