Bishops urge corruption probers to include police 02/13/2011

Bishops urge corruption probers to include police

02/13/2011
An inter-faith bishops group called on Congress to extend he current probe on corruption among officials in uniform to include the police force, which it said also shares allegations of irregularities similar to the military.

The Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF) said as accusations of massive misuse of funds hound some military officials, the government should conduct a similar probe into the Philippine National Police (PNP).

In a statement, the EBF said the investigation is necessary to unearth allegations of corruption in the police hierarchy “whose reputation has gone down.”

“We also pray that something similar to this (investigation in the military) will come out from the ranks of the PNP,” the online news site of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) quoted the EBF as saying..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110213hed3.html