Sixty-eight people were also arrested for various offences.

Its deputy minister, Fuziah Salleh, said 13,759 inspections were conducted nationwide for controlled items, including diesel and petrol, during the period, Bernama reported.

They involved ministry officials, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, and the police.

Fuziah said the enforcement involved the use of data-based systems to detect unusual transactions in real-time.

A total of 865,205 litres of diesel, 26,408 litres of petrol, and 26,408kg of liquefied petroleum gas were seized.

The other cases involved cooking oil, sugar and flour, she said after a compliance inspection on RON95 petrol sales and purchases at the Petronas Tok Adis petrol station in Kuala Terengganu today.

On reported diesel shortages at some petrol stations in several states, Fuziah said the issue was isolated, involving “slow” fuel supplies from foreign fuel companies.

She said there was no shortage or supply disruption at Petronas petrol stations.

Fuziah also said 368,911 vehicles had been given approval for subsidised diesel from June 10, 2024 till March 30 this year.

She said the government had maintained a subsidy rate of RM1.88 per litre for public transport and RM2.15 per litre for goods transport.

This is to ensure the food supply chain and logistics were not affected and to keep inflationary pressures under check.