Penasihat Sosiobudaya Kerajaan, Tan Sri Rais Yatim mendedahkan beliau antara individu terawal membangkitkan isu 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Katanya, beliau juga merupakan individu yang berhubung dengan Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Patail ketika menjawat jawatan Peguam Negara dan Peguam Negara terkini, Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali dalam soal syarikat pelaburan itu.
“Sudah lama saya bangkitkan hal berkaitan 1MDB dan saya juga antara terawal bangkitkan isu ini dengan Abdul Ghani Patail dan Mohamed Apandi tetapi saya tidak maklumkan kepada dunia.
“Pada 2010 dan 2011 isu berkaitan 1MDB ini mula diperkatakan. Pada tahun 2013 saya bertemu beberapa kali dengan pegawai tertinggi perundangan negara tetapi ia adalah sulit serta persendirian. Bila berganti peguam negara pun saya bangkitkan balik perkara ini,” katanya ketika ditemui selepas FB Live bersama Sinar Harian, semalam.
Katanya, ada perkara tidak kena dalam isu 1MDB yang menyebabkan beliau bertanya dan membangkitkannya.
“Saya dapati ada benda tak kena dan periuk nasi saya adalah dalam perundangan. Saya tak boleh lari kerana undang-undang tidak dihormati. Ambil Rukun Negara, Ambil Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan akta begitu juga jawapannya.
“Sebenarnya saya tidak ada niat lain tapi saya bangkitkan dari segi keluhuran undang-undang sahaja,” katanya.
Mengulas kenyataan beliau tentang ahli perniagaan kontroversi, Low Taek Jho atau lebih dikenali sebagai Jho Low menyebabkan Menteri Komunikasi dan Multimedia, Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak serta Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz menyerangnya.
Rais berkata, beliau tidak menegur mana-mana menteri dalam soal tersebut selain daripada menyatakan mengapa ada pihak begitu sayangkan dan mempertahankan Jho Low.
“Saya nak maklumkan, berhubung perkara ini bukan saya gunakan media sosial untuk bangkitkan dan cari jawapan kerana saya secara peribadi ada menghubungi Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengenai hal ini. Saya berhubung secara peribadi dengan Najib lebih kerap daripada apa yang disangkakan.
“Soalan berkaitan Jho Low saya kemukakan sendiri kepada Najib dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi secara peribadi. Ahmad Zahid kata akan kemukakan kepada perdana menteri tapi tak tahu apa berlaku. Soalan saya kemukakan kepada Najib tapi dia tak jawab,” katanya.
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Best Business Internet Service Provider 2018: Charter Spectrum vs Verizon FiOS vs Comcast
Setting up your office can be an exciting if overwhelming task. One of the first things you’re likely to do is to arrange for internet service to be installed. However, it’s easy to make a poor decision in the rush so you should be researching which internet service provider (ISP) to connect your office with well before you move in. Then, once you’ve found a few providers, compare their plans, prices, and contracts.
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We’ve compared the best business ISP in each market in the US based on price, speed, reliability, customer service, and contract terms. Read on for our comparison of eight of the top business ISPs in three different regions: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Midsouth, Northwest, and Southwest.
Best Business ISP in the Northeast: Verizon FiOS
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We recommend Verizon FiOS as the best ISP for businesses in the Northeast because it delivers comparable speeds and contract lengths to XFINITY from Comcast, but for a significantly lower cost and lower early cancellation fees. Verizon FiOS also offers month-to-month plans at a higher monthly cost where XFINITY from Comcast does not.
Verizon FiOS offers 75 Mbps speeds for $84.99/month. Contract lengths are two years and the early cancellation fee is 35% of your remaining balance. Month-to-month plans without a contract are available, but at a higher cost.
We also highly recommend Charter Spectrum in the northeast because of their faster speed, competitive cost, and that they don’t require you to commit to a lengthy contract. However, their availability on the east coast is very limited.
Best Business ISP in the Southeast: AT&T
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We recommend AT&T as the best ISP for businesses in the Southeast because they offer the best coverage in the country and are competitively priced for small businesses.
AT&T offers a number of plans that are suitable for small businesses depending on the download speed that you need, starting at $60/month for 25 Mbps. However, for most small businesses, we recommend their 50 Mbps plan for $85/month to ensure enough bandwidth to share among your employees as you grow.
One downside to AT&T is that their minimum contract lengths are two years with an early cancellation fee of 75% of your remaining balance and no month-to-month agreements available.
Best Business ISP in the Midwest: Charter Spectrum
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We recommend Charter Spectrum as the best ISP for businesses in the Midwest. It’s a little more expensive than AT&T, but for the additional cost you receive faster speeds and the flexibility of no contracts or early cancellation fees.
With 100 Mbps download and upload speeds, Charter Spectrum is twice as fast as the similarly priced offering from AT&T. But most importantly, Charter Spectrum is the only provider of those we reviewed to offer month-to-month contracts as standard. This means that your business won’t be tied down by a lengthy contract with expensive early cancellation fees.
One downside to Charter Spectrum is that some businesses have reported less than positive customer support experiences, likely due to the company’s recent merger with Time Warner. Recent reviews seem to indicate that the company is smoothing out the customer support experience, but it’s still a point to remain mindful of.
Best Business ISP in the Midsouth: AT&T
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We recommend AT&T as the best ISP for businesses in the Midsouth because they offer the best coverage in the country and are competitively priced for small businesses.
AT&T offers a number of plans that are suitable for small businesses depending on the download speed that you need, starting at $60/month for 25 Mbps. However, for most small businesses, we recommend their 50 Mbps plan for $85/month to ensure enough bandwidth to share among your employees as you grow.
One downside to AT&T is that their minimum contract lengths are two years with an early cancellation fee of 75% of your remaining balance and no month-to-month agreements available
