Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim refuted claims that Petronas was supplying diesel to the Philippines. He clarified that the recent shipments came from a foreign commodity company, Vitol, who has a separate agreement for transport and sale.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for an end to allegations of diesel being supplied to the Philippines, stating that the claim is untrue. Anwar said the recent shipment of diesel was not from national oil company Petronas but from a foreign commodity company, Vitol. “They [Vitol] have an agreement to transport oil and sell it to the Philippines. It is not us [Petronas] supplying it to the Philippines,” he said. “But we are not stopping it. We are giving passage. The oil belongs....