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Ian Lundin, former chairman of the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, speaks to the press during his trial in Sweden for alleged complicity in war crimes commited in Sudan.
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Ian Lundin finally speaks

In a Stockholm trial that started in September 2023, two directors of Swedish oil company Lundin Oil are charged with complicity in war crimes committed in Sudan between 1997 and 2003. Answering questions, company chairman Ian Lundin said often that he did not remember, and played down his level of involvement on the ground.
By Olivier Truc (our correspondent in Sweden)
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