ZTE Broandband Project

A week after Erap Estrada's guilty verdict Philippines faces another problem in the government about the ZTE broadband contract.
In the local news ABS-CBN Nueva Viscaya Congressman Carlos Padilla filled a criminal complaint against officials of the Department of Transportation and Communication(DOTC). In connection with the $330 million broadband infrastructure contract between the Philippines and China.
Slapped with a criminal complaint were DOTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza ans Assisistant Secretaries,Lorenzo Formoso and Elmer Soneja.Soneja is the chairman of the Bids and Awards committee and Information and Communication.They were charged with the violation of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices.
Their co-accused also include Houw Weigui and Yu Young chairman and vice chairman of the ZTE Corporation.
The contract is supposed to connect all government offices via the internet to cut travel c0mmunications expenses.Let's wait and see the updates with some new witness to prove the deal was illegal.