KUALA LUMPUR: Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri 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 Berhad (DNB) this Friday (July 1).

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

"As this event and explanation are 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 of the UMNO Wanita and Puteri 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 Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin regarding the implementation of 5G by DNB.


UMNO Youth exco member Fairuz Jamaludin, who is also UMNO Youth Executive Committee chairman, handed over a memorandum which, among others, called for a thorough investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) 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 Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM)'s jurisdiction.

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said that based on a check conducted on the matters raised in the memorandum, it was found that several inaccurate and out-of-date information reached the UMNO Youth.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