From Swedish Radio (translated by a friend):
”Prosecutor Magnus Elving decided today to initiate a preliminary investigation on accounts of human rights violations i Sudan during the years 1997 to 2003. The background is a number of accusations against - amongst other companies - Lundin Oil from a report published by a number of human rights groups on the oil prospection in Sudan.
Foreign minister Carl Bildt was on the Lundin Oil board of directors (previously Lundin Petroleum) from 2000 until 2006, when to took up the position as foreign minister.
According to the report, Sudanese soldiers in cooperation with militia groups have indiscrimenately attacked the civilian population in the area where oil companies were drilling for oil. The report is based on eye witness accounts as well as aerial and satellite images.”
