JAKARTA: The new head of Indonesia's state oil firm Pertamina yesterday said he would defy an order to compensate an internationally-backed energy firm, alleging corruption in the power project that caused the dispute.
Widya Purnama, who was named Pertamina president last week, said he had no intention of abiding by the Swiss-based International Arbitration Court ruling to pay US$261mil (RM991mil) to the part US and Japan owned Karaha Bodas Company.
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