OMBUDSMAN STARTS LIFESTYLE CHECK ON PNP CHIEF PURISIMA

MANILA, Philippines–The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday said it had started a lifestyle check on Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima who was charged with plunder and graft before the antigraft body for allegedly amassing ill-gotten wealth.

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales also assured the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs that her office was already looking into the purported donations that Purisima received for the construction of the “White House,” the official residence of the PNP chief at Camp Crame, Quezon City.