KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 -- Petronas has found more parts of its extensive underground gas pipeline system that could be vulnerable to the same issues which led to a powerful explosion in Putra Heights in April, authorities confirmed.

Malaysia's Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) said yesterday, as reported by The Star, that the national oil and gas company had identified other pipeline segments with conditions resembling those at the Putra Heights site, prompting safety directives.

"We have given the directive following Petronas identifying the locations similar to the Putra Heights location," said Husdin Che Amat, director of DOSH's Petroleum Safety Division, during a press conference at the Selangor state secretariat.

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