KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Suicides due to cyberbullying and the success of the Rakan Muda programmes are among the issues that will be discussed during the question and answer session at today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — Two traders pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Kubu Bharu Sessions Court today to possessing a scheduled controlled item, which is 9,820 kg of wholesale cooking oil, without a valid license three months ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The Cabinet has agreed in principle with the proposed implementation of a two-tier pricing mechanism to control cooking oil prices, said Acting Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister (KPDN) Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali.

PUTRAJAYA, July 11 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) will work with the relevant enforcement agencies to beef up controls on the distribution of controlled goods, especially cooking oil, at the country’s borders.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The government has no intention to increase the price of subsidised cooking oil, said Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub.

JAKARTA, May 27 — Indonesia's anti-monopoly agency (KPPU) ordered seven cooking oil companies on Friday (May 26) to pay fines of up to over US$2 million (RM9.2 million) each for restricting sales amid scarce supplies last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Two brothers who own a subsidised cooking oil packaging company were acquitted and discharged on 52 charges of submitting false claims in connection to supplying cooking oil to retail outlets amounting to over RM1.5 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The government is studying to implement a two-tier pricing mechanism to control the market price of cooking oil for domestic consumption.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The government and the industry have agreed to maintain the retail prices of pure cooking oil from April 8 to May 7, to ensure consumers are not affected by the increase in the prices ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Players in the cooking oil industry seem reluctant to agree to a two-tier cooking oil pricing proposal, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 — The maximum retail prices for bottled pure cooking oil will remain unchanged for the February 8 to March 7 period, according to the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — The maximum retail prices for bottled cooking oil will remain unchanged for the January 8-February 7 period even though the average price of crude palm oil (CPO) in the world market rose in December 2022, said Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub.

KAPAR, Dec 21 — About 40 out of 110 premises in Selangor are found to experience egg shortage after the state’s Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) carried out Ops Terjah from December 17 to December 20.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 1 — The retail prices of cooking oil for the period December 8, 2022, to Jan 7, 2023, will remain unchanged, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s (KPDNHEP) secretary-general Datuk Azman Mohd Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The price of five kg bottled pure cooking oil will drop by RM2 to RM31.50 from RM33.50 previously, effective October 8 until November 7.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 1 — The ceiling price of a five kg bottle of cooking oil will be reduced to RM33.50 from RM34.70, from September 8 to October 7, said chairman of the Special Task Force on Jihad against Inflation Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

MELAKA, Aug 22 — The proposal to set two prices for cooking oil, one for domestic use and another for export, has yet to be decided, said Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Datuk Rosol Wahid.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry seized cooking oil and related items worth RM2.413 million in integrated operations conducted from July 1 until yesterday.

PETALING JAYA, Aug 3 — Two individuals were each fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court here today for having in possession 7,135kg of cooking oil in wholesale amounts without a licence, last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — Palm cooking oil in 5 kilogramme (kg) bottle will be sold at RM34.70 this month from August 8, said Special Task Force on Jihad Against Inflation chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa.