Oman government official, two executives jailed, fined for graft


  • World
  • Sunday, 12 Jan 2014

MUSCAT (Reuters) - An Omani government official and two private sector executives were sentenced to jail of up to three years on Sunday after conviction on corruption charges, the first ruling in a case that is shaking up the country's business environment.

More than 20 government officials and private executives from Oman's oil industry and related sectors are on trial on charges of offering or accepting bribes in exchange for contracts, mostly in infrastructure projects.

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