The Rodolfo "Jun: Lozada Story about his abduction and participation of the ZTE-NBN deal

Rodolfo "Jun Lozada

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Philippine Forest Corporation

The Manila International Airport Authority on Friday said it is ready to release footage of the arrival of Senate witness Rodolfo Lozada Jr. to disprove allegations that he was abducted by police last Tuesday.Retired general Angel Atutubo, MIAA assistance general manager for security, said the footage from airport CCTV cameras would show that Lozada was not coerced to join police upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.He added that MIAA management is willing to present the footage in the Senate investigation on Lozada's alleged abduction.Lozada on Thursday said he was supposed to meet his family upon his arrival from Hong Kong Tuesday afternoon when he was "fetched" by some people and was driven around Laguna province and Metro Manila."I was taken from the tube. I was not prepared for that. I did not know who took me. I texted my brother that someone already took me from the tube. I had to go with them. It was a miscommunication. They drove me around. Towards the end of the night, they felt that there was so much noise that they had to bring me back to my family," he said in a hastily called press conference in La Salle Greenhills.Lozada revealed that he was forced into signing some documents while in the custody of the police.He earlier substantiated allegations regarding the roles of First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo and former elections chief Benjamin Abalos Sr. in the scrapped national broadband project of the government.Key allies of President Arroyo, however, denied abducting Lozada at the country's main international airport to stop him from testifying in an investigation on the $329-million national broadband network deal between government and China's ZTE Corp.Environment Secretary Lito Atienza said he asked national police chief Avelino Razon to provide security for Lozada after the latter called him from Hong Kong and expressed apprehension about the pending arrest warrant issued by the Senate for his arrest. Atienza also denied sending his own men to secure Lozada."I told him to hide for a while and prepare his defense. I also called General Razon and asked him to provide security for Lozada when he arrives," he said in a press conference in Malacañang.Razon said he waited for a formal request for protection before instructing police officers to secure Lozada upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday. He added that he received two requests for Lozada's protection -- one from Lozada's sister and another from Lozada himself. He said Lozada gave the handwritten request for police protection upon his arrival."There was no abduction. He was escorted out of the airport by police officers," he said.