Malaysia Charges Second Aker Solutions Official with Using False Documents

Rozanna Latiff
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Malaysia on Wednesday charged an official at Norway's largest oil services provider Aker Solutions, accusing him of using false documents to secure a license renewal, according to the company and a court charge sheet.

Mohd Yusof Ab Rahman, 54, a manager at the Malaysian office of Aker Solutions, plead not guilty at a Kuala Lumpur court, a prosecutor told Reuters. He faces two years in jail, a fine, or both, if convicted.

The case is the second involving an Aker Solutions official, after a similar charge was filed against another Malaysian manager last June. That case was dismissed without acquittal after the court ruled the charge was vague and the offense unclear.

Aker Solutions on Wednesday described the charge against Mohd Yusof as "groundless, and a misuse of the court process as it takes place so soon after the discharge of a similar case".

"The company will support our manager in filing the necessary objections," it said in an email to Reuters.

Mohd Yusof could not immediately be reached for comment, and his lawyer directed queries to Aker Solutions.

The firm has previously denied wrongdoing, saying that to its knowledge its Malaysian entities met all applicable requirements.

Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission has been investigating Aker Solutions for suspected false representations to win licenses from state-owned energy firm Petronas, which are normally reserved for companies that meet ethnic quota requirements under Malaysian law.

Malaysia practices a form of affirmative action in which many contracts awarded by state-linked companies are reserved for ethnic Malays and indigenous people - collectively known as Bumiputera.

Mohamad Yusof was accused of knowingly using a forged document to support Aker Engineering Malaysia, a Malaysian unit of Aker Solutions, to renew a Standardised Work and Equipment Category (SWEC) license, according to a charge-sheet made available to Reuters and confirmed by a prosecutor. 

(Reporting by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Martin Petty)

Categories: Energy People Industry News Activity Asia People & Company News

Related Stories

Valeura Makes Progress with Multi-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

One Shelf Drilling Rig Up for New Job in India, Other for Disposal

Petrovietnam, Partners Sign PSC for Block Off Vietnam

Japan Protests China’s New Oil and Gas Construction Activities in East China Sea

Woodside and Jera Agree LNG Cargoes Supply for Japan’s Winter Period

Yinson Production Closes $1B Investment to Drive Further Growth

Petronas-Eni Upstream Joint Venture to Take Up to Two Years to Set Up

Wood JV Gets EPC Job for Shell off Brunei

CNOOC Starts Production at Offshore Field in South China Sea

Op-Ed: Kazakhstan’s National O&G Firm Positioning Itself as Global Energy Player

Current News

Valeura Makes Progress with Multi-Well Drilling Campaign in Gulf of Thailand

Santos and QatarEnergy Agree Mid-Term LNG Supply

PTTEP Hires Energy Drilling’s Rig for Southeast Asia Offshore Job

One Shelf Drilling Rig Up for New Job in India, Other for Disposal

Four Jack-Up Drilling Rig Deals Set to Bring In $129M for Borr Drilling

PTTEP Hires Velesto’s Jack-Up Rig for Drilling Campaign off Malaysia

Yinson Production Secures $1.17B Refinancing for FPSO Maria Quitéria

Centrica and Thailand’s PTT Ink Long-Term LNG Supply Deal

Petrovietnam, Partners Sign PSC for Block Off Vietnam

Japan Protests China’s New Oil and Gas Construction Activities in East China Sea

Subscribe for AOG Digital E‑News

AOG Digital E-News is the subsea industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service, delivered to your Email three times per week

https://accounts.newwavemedia.com