Top cop shows off mansion

SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija Director General Alan L.M. Purisima, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), opened the gates of his controversial property here to journalists in an attempt to dispute the allegations that his resthouse is equivalent to a multi-million peso mansion.

It is situated in a 3,000-square meter land, has a beautiful landscape, a pool, and well-built main house with guest house.

The large group of journalists that Purisima invited to personally see his resthouse in Barangay Magpapalayok was also allowed access to the main house and the guest house.

Tito Purisima, a distant relative of the PNP chief, said that the property does not qualify for a mansion or even an expensive villa. Its for you to judge now if this is really a mansion. And as you enter the house, you will also see if the materials used for the construction are expensive or not, said Tito.

They said that the house itself is worth P30 to P50 million. But can we compare this to the houses in Forbes Park, Dasmarinas, Urdaneta, Magallanes, Corinthian Village, and Green Meadows?

But Tito said the property was acquired in 1998 and four years later, the main structures were built. A renovation was done in 2012.

The land area is 4.5-hectares and was acquired at P57,000 per hectare in 1998. The property is some three to five kilometers away from the town proper.

According to Tito, the cheap acquisition of the property is because the entire property is flood-prone. In fact, he said, the elevated portion where the rest house is located still experiences ankle-deep flood during heavy rainfall.

The first gate is an entrance to the property. A second gate is for the main resthouse with wood-like concrete fence.

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