KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 27 -- Malaysia has yet to receive any extradition request from Indonesia for businessman Mohammad Riza Chalid, who is wanted in Jakarta over a high-profile corruption case involving state-owned oil giant Pertamina.

In a written parliamentary reply, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Indonesia has not submitted any formal application to have the businessman, believed to have fled to Malaysia, sent back to face investigations into alleged graft linked to PT Pertamina's Sub-Holding Company and Cooperation Contract Contractors.

He said Malaysia only received an official request from Indonesia's Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB Jakarta) on September 9, asking Kuala Lumpur's NCB office to assist in...