Exxon Mobil Settles Indonesia Human Rights Suit on Eve of Trial

ExxonMobil Corp. has reached a confidential settlement with 11 villagers who claimed that Indonesian soldiers hired by the US energy giant abused them and their family members more than 20 years ago.

The resolution, disclosed in a court filing Monday, comes on the eve of a trial scheduled to begin later this month in Washington D.C.

The case involves allegations that a private security force hired by ExxonMobil in Aceh, Indonesia, tortured, abused and killed a number of villagers near a company field in 2000. Ownership of the site was transferred to the state energy company Pertamina in 2015.

The ...