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This is a big move by the Ombudsman.
“The Office of the Ombudsman recently ordered the preventive suspension of Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima in connection with a supposed anomalous contract the PNP entered into with a courier service in 2011,” reports Amanda Fernandez on GMA News Online.
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At a press briefing earlier this week, Assistant Ombudsman Asryman Rafanan announced that “Purisima is being suspended for six months without pay amid administrative investigation.”
The order was issued to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and is now implemented.
The report noted: “At present, Purisima is also facing two plunder complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman over his alleged hidden wealth. He is currently under fire for his sprawling resthouse in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, and the allegedly questionable renovation of the PNP chief’s official quarters inside Camp Crame.”
The report said that “aside from Purisima, other police officials were also suspended for six months without pay pending administrative investigation” for the same case as Purisima’s, as well as for a separate case involving missing AK-47 firearms.
Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina, the third in command of the Philippine National Police, will head the PNP while Purisima is suspended.
Photo: PNP chief Alan Purisima’s Twitter page
