After US closure of Hormuz Strait, there is new intelligence about the US trying to suffocate, as well, Iranian oil deliveries to South-East Asia passing through the Strait of Malacca.
The following information came from a regional media source in the Chinese language on April 17, 2026. First rumours reached me some days earlier via a US based X-account I already knew and which suddenly threatened to punish my own X entry with immediate deletion.
(Jakarta Comprehensive News) Iran and the United States have launched a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, making the Strait of Malacca, the most critical maritime throat in Southeast Asia, the focus of attention. All parties are once again worried about the fragility of Asia, the lifeblood of energy and trade. uneasy.
The Strait of Malacca is about 900 km long, with Indonesia's Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore on both sides, and is only 2.7 km at its narrowest point, less than one-tenth of the narrowest point in the Strait of Hormuz; however, this waterway carries about 40% of the world's trade transport and is the main channel for Middle Eastern crude oil to Asian economic engines such as China, Japan and South Korea.
The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet has long patrolled the Strait of Malacca, and for a long time in the eyes of the Chinese leadership, once war begins, this strategic channel will be a weak link. This so-called “ Malacca dilemma ” was often mentioned during Hu Jintao's tenure as Chinese President in the 2000s.
At a time when Iran and the United States are in a stalemate over the blockade and anti-blockade operations in the Strait of Hormuz, Western media reported that the Strait of Malacca and surrounding waters have become an important area for Iran's ghost fleet to transfer oil to other ships, as a cover-up Tehran sells oil to Asian countries, especially China.
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In addition, tensions within the South-East Asian Zone have emerged during the weeks when the Strait of Hormuz was blocked. Singapore opposed negotiations with Iran on payment of tolls for the Strait of Hormuz; Malaysia defended its related contacts with Iran. Some officials also expressed dissatisfaction with Singapore's Foreign Minister Balakrishnan's statement that traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is a transit right expressly granted by international law.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took Indonesia's proximity to the Strait of Malacca as a geopolitical advantage and wanted to deepen military cooperation with the United States. The Indonesian Defense Ministry confirmed last week that it was considering the Trump administration's proposal to allow U.S. military aircraft to fly over Indonesian airspace; the matter was hotly debated within the Indonesian military and government.
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The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs later stated that the proposal to fly over Indonesian airspace was still under consideration and that there was no policy to allow any foreign party to use Indonesian airspace without restrictions.
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