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FORMER energy minister Stuart Young has defended the ministry’s handling of the investigative report into a fatal accident at NiQuan Energy Ltd’s gas-to-liquids plant in 2023.

In a statement on social media on June 8, Young said during his time as minister, the Ministry of Energy acted under the advice of independent state lawyers and a senior counsel.

He said that NiQuan did not agree to the report being shared. He said this could have created legal problems for the ministry and its staff if the report had been released without proper approval.