Charge PNP chief’s friends, Ombudsman asked

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima’s friends who supposedly donated for the construction of his residence in the general police headquarters must be investigated too, a group said in a supplemental affidavit submitted to the Ombudsman. The group said the 3, who were identified by Purisima at a Senate hearing as the donors of the so-called White House at Camp Crame, should be charged for corrupting a public official. Purisima, a former security aide of President Benigno Aquino III, is accused before the Ombudsman of indirect bribery, graft, and plunder over the anomalous “White House” and allegedly misdeclared assets in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. He has refused calls for his resignation.

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