Transport Minister Anthony Loke has refuted his predecessor Wee Ka Siong’s claims of exorbitant flight tickets from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau, Sabah during the Hari Raya season.

Wee earlier claimed that ticket prices from Kuala Lumpur to Tawau from MAS reached a whopping RM3,138 on April 20.

“I have contacted the Malaysia Airlines Group CEO Izham Ismail and confirmed that...