KUALA LUMPUR: Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa (pic) will organise a briefing for Umno Youth on the implementation of the National 5G Project by Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) this Friday (July 1).
Annuar stated he had requested the Finance Ministry (MOF), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and DNB to offer a briefing on the undertaking implementation at 10am at Angkasapuri.
“As this explanation is crucial to enable the young people and party leaders to get the latest explanations and information, I will also extend this invitation to several leaders from the Wanita Umno and Puteri movements.
“I hope, via this briefing session, all questions raised can be explained in detail by the agencies involved,” he stated in a press release Sunday (June 26).
The assertion was issued following a memorandum submitted by Umno Youth on June 21 to Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin relating to the implementation of 5G by DNB.
Umno Youth government committee chairman Fairuz Jamaludin handed over the memorandum which, amongst others, referred to as for a radical investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on issues regarding the implementation of the 5G undertaking.
Annuar stated he had prolonged a duplicate of the memorandum to the MOF as a lot of the issues raised within the memorandum weren’t beneath the Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s jurisdiction.
Commenting additional, Annuar stated that based mostly on a verify carried out on the issues raised within the memorandum, it was discovered that wrong and out-of-date info had reached Umno Youth.
“I would like to thank Umno Youth for conveying their views and I think, as young leaders, they have the right to get more in-depth, accurate and up-to-date information on the implementation of 5G directly from the horse’s mouth or from the parties involved directly in 5G implementation,” he stated.
DNB, which is wholly owned by MOF Inc, has been mandated by the federal government to be the one impartial social gathering to undertake the deployment of 5G infrastructure and community nationwide. – Bernama
