The state audit agency said Friday it has filed a complaint with the prosecution against a former chief of the state-run oil company for incurring a huge loss from a shady takeover deal he led while in office.
The move came after the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea found that the Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) suffered a loss of around US$279 million in the firm's shady acquisition of the Canadian refining firm, North Atlantic Refining Limited (NARL), in 2009.