Internal Inquiry by Baker Hughes Is Challenged. From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: April 2, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By L.M. Sixel, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 2--The lawyer for a former Baker Hughes executive who says he was fired because he refused to participate in a bribery scheme in Nigeria questioned the scope of the company's own internal investigation.

Baker Hughes on Friday announced that it was being investigated by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning allegations of "violations of law relati...