Kuala lumpur: Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has reiterated that 329,000 barrels of diesel recently shipped to the Philippines did not originate from Malaysia, contrary to reports by several international media outlets. "On the diesel issue, the fuel that reached the Philippines did not come from Malaysia. That has been confirmed," he stated at a briefing on the global energy crisis and a post-Cabinet press conference.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the MADANI Government spokesperson clarified that the diesel in question was not processed by Petronas or any local oil company. Instead, it is owned and sold by Vitol, a Singapore-based company. "In reality, the oil was not processed by Petronas or any local oil company, but belongs to Vitol and had been sold to parties in the Philippines, with the vessel merely departing from Malaysian waters," he explained.

Previously, Philippine media reported that about 329,000 barrels, equivalent to 52.311 million liters, of diesel from Malaysia were sent to the country to boost its fuel supply amid global market uncertainties.