News & Reviews:   Minister of Communications and Multimedia

In just the wee hours of this morning, a tweet was sent out alerting our Minister of Communications and Multimedia of Malaysia, Fahmi Fadzil about another data breach. This time, 13 million Malaysian user data from Astro, Maybank and SPR may have been compromised in the black market.

Recently, our Minister of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) Tan Sri Annuar Musa just did a media interview regarding improving our mobile network. He is urging local telcos to reinvest and upgrade their coverage and telecommunications services to improve their quality.

Recently, our Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Tan Sri Annuar Musa has stated that Melaka will have a priority for 5G services. According to the news, this is because Melaka is positioned as a tourism state with many foreign investors so 5G should start there first.

In this latest news from our dear government, Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia Datuk Adhidi Zainul Abidin has proposed a service charge for online purchases in the future for Malaysians. Reason being? It's for improving the government communications security system.

Today, the Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah announced in regards to film productions, the official media agencies or indie media groups must apply for a license in Malaysia before shooting. While many are speculating that this is to prevent the previous Al-Jazeera controversy, this can also be seen to be in line with the SOPs regulations, as well as under the National Film Development Corporation (Finas) Act since we are in the midst of recovering from the pandemic.

So this just came in, our 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, PM Muhyiddin has just announced a new Cabinet today. We got a full list of the names and their roles, as well as a new structure for party leaders from the Perikatan Nasional and allies around.