{"id":18177,"date":"2026-05-25T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18177"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:42:33","slug":"petronas-confirms-three-dead-one-critical-in-sepat-platform-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=18177","title":{"rendered":"Petronas Confirms Three Dead, One Critical in Sepat Platform Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kuala Terengganu<\/strong> \u2014 Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has confirmed that three contractor personnel were killed and another was critically injured during lifeboat maintenance work at the Sepat platform in Terengganu-Kelantan waters yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued today, Petronas stated that investigations into the cause of the incident are ongoing in close coordination with the relevant authorities.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Petronas extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of the deceased. The company&#8217;s immediate priority is to support the well-being of those affected,&#8221; the statement<sup><\/sup> read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor, the incident occurred at approximately 12:50 PM yesterday. All four victims were believed to have boarded a lifeboat on the platform to descend to the sea for maintenance work on the lower section of the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained that the rope attached to the lifeboat is believed to have detached, causing the boat and all four occupants to fall into the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deceased have been identified as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ahmad Fiqri Zakaria, 38, from Batu Berendam, Melaka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muhammad Faezuan Hakim Mohammad Bustamam, 28, from Kuantan, Pahang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nik Muhammad Hafifi Asri Ab Majid, 38, from Bandar Indera Mahkota, Pahang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The injured victim, Mohd Taufik Mohd Ruslan, 37, from Banting, Selangor, is currently receiving treatment and remains in critical condition at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Terengganu \u2014 Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has confirmed that three contractor personnel were killed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",750,456,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66-300x182.jpeg",300,182,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",640,389,false],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",640,389,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",750,456,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",750,456,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",750,456,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66.jpeg",750,456,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/44CE374D-0DBA-492A-B60D-487B4A8B8E66-720x456.jpeg",720,456,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18179,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18177\/revisions\/18179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}