COMMUNICATIONS and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa has taken the initiative to organise a briefing session for Umno Youth on the implementation of the National 5G Project by Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) on Friday. 

Annuar said he has asked the Finance Ministry (MOF), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and DNB to provide a briefing on the project implementation at Angkasapuri at 10am that day.

“As this event and explanation are crucial to enable the youth and party leaders to get the latest explanations and information, I will also extend this invitation to several leaders of the Wanita and Puteri Umno movements.

“I hope, via this briefing session, all questions raised can be explained in detail by the agencies involved,” he said in a statement today.

The statement was issued following a memorandum submitted by the Umno Youth wing on June 21 to Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Zahidi Zainul Abidin regarding the implementation of 5G by DNB.

Umno Youth executive committee chairman Fairuz Jamaludin handed over a memorandum that, among others, called for a thorough investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on matters relating to the implementation of the 5G project.

Annuar said he had extended a copy of the memorandum to the MOF as most of the matters raised in the memorandum are not under the Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s jurisdiction.

Commenting further, Annuar said that based on a check conducted on the matters raised in the memorandum, it was found that inaccurate and out-of-date information had reached Umno Youth. 

“I would like to thank Umno Youth for conveying their views, and I think that 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 said. 

DNB, which is wholly owned by MOF (Inc), has been mandated by the government to be the single neutral party to undertake the deployment of 5G infrastructure and network nationwide. – Bernama, June 26, 2022.