COMMENT | High flight tickets for Hari Raya? If the government can fix prices for various foods, petrol and even bus fares, why can’t it control air ticket prices?

This has become a political issue, with a very public spat between the former and current transport ministers (from MCA and DAP respectively). Even though MCA is part of the unity government, its president Wee Ka Siong seems to be behaving more like an opposition politician.

This is what you call political “frenemies”, or to use the more colourful Malay phrase - musuh dalam selimut (the enemy in the blanket).

Transport Minister Anthony Loke pointed out that those who booked their flight tickets earlier paid cheaper prices, while those looking at last minute tickets (as Wee did) would, of course, see sky high prices. Was the MCA man so ignorant of this?

There was a further dispute as Wee used the AirAsia super app to check prices on Malaysia Airlines (MAS), instead of the national airline’s own portal, where they were RM275 cheaper.

This led Loke to joke...