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Aker Solutions oil service company's logo is seen at their headquarters in Fornebu, Norway, June 1, 2017.
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A Malaysian manager of Norway's largest oil services provider Aker Solutions was charged on
Friday over allegations he submitted false documents in dealings with state-owned energy firm
Petronas (PETR.UL), according to a court charge-sheet.

Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman, 49, pleaded not guilty at the hearing at the Kuala Lumpur
Sessions Court, his lawyer Devanandan S. Subramaniam told Reuters. If convicted, he could face
five years in jail, a fine, or both.

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The case comes amid a probe by Malaysia's Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) into whether
Aker Solutions made false representations in order to win Petronas licences 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, or "sons of the soil".

Ahmad Hatta is accused of submitting documents in August 2018 intended to mislead a

Petronas subsidiary that Aker Engineering Malaysia, a Malaysian unit of the Norwegian group,
would qualify as a Bumiputera-owned firm when it did not, according to the charge-sheet seen
by Reuters and confirmed by prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin.

"By doing so, you have cheated by hiding the true facts of the company's shareholding where the
interested beneficiary was actually the Aker Solutions group," the charge read out in court said.

Ahmed Hatta could not be immediately reached for comment.

Aker Solutions declined comment when contacted on Friday.

The company said on Thursday that it was seeking more information on the questioning of one
of its managers by Malaysian authorities.

It has denied wrongdoing, saying it was confident its entities in Malaysia had fulfilled all
applicable licensing requirements.

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Ahmad Hatta was granted bail of 20,000 ringgit ($4,900). The case will resume on July 30.

($1 = 4.1120 ringgit)

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