by abs-cbnNEWS.com
A son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has testified that former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos pressed officials of Chinese firm Zhing XingTelecommunications Equipment Inc. (ZTE) to advance commissions on the proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) project during a meeting in Shenzhen, China on December 27, 2006.Businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III was presented by the prosecution in the graft trial of former National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) chief Romulo Neri in relation to allegations that the latter had unlawful monetary interest on the scrapped US$329-million NBN project.
