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Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) stated Monday it reached a settlement with Indonesian villagers who sued the corporate in 2001 for alleged human rights abuses by contract troopers employed to protect the corporate’s operations.
The 2 sides stated in a Washington, D.C., federal courtroom submitting that that they had resolved the case; the phrases weren’t disclosed.
The villagers alleged the troopers dedicated atrocities together with sexual assault, torture and homicide at or close to Exxon’s pure fuel operations within the Arun area.
The settlement got here forward of a extensively anticipated trial that was scheduled to start Might 24 to determine whether or not Exxon (XOM) was negligent in contracting with Indonesian troopers to protect its operations throughout a interval of violence and unrest.
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