Fertilizer Bomb Claims: Malaysia’s Agriculture Ministry Waits for Reports, Refuses to Rush

Malaysia’s Agriculture and Food Security Ministry is refusing to rush into action over allegations that fertilizer supplied under a federal subsidy scheme was used to make improvised explosive devices in southern Thailand.

Minister Mohamad Sabu said the ministry would wait for investigation reports from the authorities, including the Home Ministry and Foreign Ministry, before deciding what to do. The investigation does not fall under his ministry’s jurisdiction, he said.

“We cannot investigate matters involving other ministries,” Mohamad told reporters after attending an agricultural industry program at Malaysia’s MAHA 2026 exhibition in Serdang. “For us, fertilizer supplies to farmers will continue.”

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We cannot investigate matters involving other ministries.

Thai authorities previously seized about 520 kilograms of urea fertilizer during an operation in Koh Sathon, Tak Bai. The subsidized fertilizer was reportedly supplied under Malaysia’s Federal Paddy Fertilizer Scheme by a subsidiary of the National Farmers Organization, or Nafas. Authorities alleged that a separatist group in southern Thailand could use it to produce homemade bombs.

Photographs shared with Utusan Malaysia showed Malaysian federation markings, the name of the federal paddy fertilizer scheme and the Nafas subsidiary’s logo on the seized bags. An Internal Security Operations Command Region 4 source said officers found 26 bags of Malaysian urea fertilizer. Mohamad said subsidized fertilizer distribution to Malaysian farmers would continue normally so their agricultural input needs would not be affected.

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For us, fertilizer supplies to farmers will continue.