Shell heist: Jail for three surveyors who pocketed bribes over unauthorised oil transfers


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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Three surveyors who accepted bribes to cover up the unauthorised transfer of marine gas to vessels that were supplied to oil giant Shell were each jailed between four and eight months on Thursday (May 26).

The men - Anand Omprekas, 39, Noruliman Bakti, 40, and Muhammad Khairul Asri Mohamad Hanafiah, 38 - pleaded guilty to corruption, having each received between US$6,000 (S$8,200) and US$25,000 in bribes.

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