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Officers and other personnel of the Philippine National Police honored on Sunday their former boss, former Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Secretary Alfredo Lim who died on August 8, the day the organization was celebrating its 119In a statement, the 209,000-strong PNP extended its condolences to the family of Lim who also served as mayor of the City of Manila and a senator.
“General Lim passed on to the great beyond on the same day that the PNP commemorates the establishment of the police service in the Philippines 119 years ago. He must be really destined to go this way in the name of the profession that he truly loved and cherished,” it added. Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, PNP spokesman, said the police organization is grateful for the contributions of Lim to improve the operational capability of the national police force.
“His undying words ‘The law applies to all, otherwise, none at all’ reminds us that we live under a regime of law where the law is supreme, and nobody but nobody is above the law,” said Banac. “We will always be grateful for the legacy of efficiency left by General Lim that shall serve as our own standard of performance in the police service. The PNP is honoured to pay him our last respects and accord him the final honors befitting a police veteran and a statesman,” said Banac.
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