Fadlallah Says Illegal Internet File Unraveling
Head of the Parliamentary Media Committee MP Hassan Fadalallah stated that the illegal internet network file is growing like a snowball, but assured that the committee's efforts will continue until the perpetrators behind this scandal are revealed, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.
“We will continue what we have started at the committee on March 8 when we discovered the tip of the iceberg in the internet scandal, and we will continue the efforts until we uncover all the hidden details,” Fadlallah told the daily.
“The file is growing successively and as time passes new facts and huge squandering of funds are being uncovered in addition to the potential of security breach.”
He stressed that the issue will remain a subject of intensive follow-up by the committee which will hear next Wednesday the briefing of the ministries of finance, defense and interior on the security and financial aspects.
On the other hand, the daily reported that it obtained information that medium and small illegitimate companies are involved in what it described as the “labyrinth” network which attracted the spotlight lately.
It added quoting a well-informed source on condition of anonymity: “If there was a real state, the current government would be toppled together with a bunch of big names as the result of the internet scandal.
“The most important sector in the country which some have described as Lebanon’s oil is suffering from chaos, monopoly and is turning into a source of drain instead of revenues for the state.”
Early in March, the parliamentary media committee unveiled what it described as a “mafia” that is taking advantage of internet services by installing internet stations that are not subject to the state control.
The owners of these stations are buying international internet bandwidth with nominal cost from Turkey and Cyprus which they are selling back to Lebanese subscribers at reduced prices.
It has been reported that wireless internet towers and technical equipment were placed illegally in some mountainous terrains including Tannourine, al-Dinnieh, Sannine and al-Zaarour.
Smuggled internet services initiate risks namely the possibility of security breaches as they lack the basic control standards exposing Lebanon's security to third parties including Israel.
D.A.
G.K.
9 years
All illegal internet networks should be dismantled INCLUDING the illegal Ebola networks.
9 years
Ha ha ha! Back in the days (2003) when Cyberia, Inconet and Terranet were offering a double 56.6 kps dial-up connection at best (which required two phone lines) for something like 30 $ a month + phone bill, I got my first cable internet connection (128 kps) for 100 $ a month and no phone bills from a little "office" in Shiah on Abd el Karim al Khalil Street where there were posters of Hasan, Hafez and Khomeini all over the walls. Shu hil 2illit el 7aya?
look who is talking about illegal networks;)
The son of your ally the "great" Emile Lahoud is the main culprit behind the illegal internet network and you are here teaching lessons in patriotism and sovereignty.