Reveal VIPs, companies involved in 5G contract, says Anwar

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KUALA LUMPUR: The government needs to explain the actual cost of the 5G telecommunications service as the cost seems to keep going up, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said.

He said the figures quoted range from RM11 billion to RM15 billion and even RM28 billion and asked for clarity as it will be the rakyat who will have to pay the bill.

“We need to know why a company is chosen. And why is the cost going up?

“The rakyat are suffering, people are without jobs, schools without facilities and there are not enough laptops but we want to spend billions (on 5G),” he said while debating the 2022 Supply Bill in the Dewan Rakyat.

Anwar said the tender process should have been transparent and people must know “which company has been given the tender and which agent or VIP is involved”.

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