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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1423278" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Philippine National Police on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that some police officers received protection money from a Chinese businesswoman who owns a coral farm supposedly used as a hideout by communist guerillas.</p><p>Soldiers and government rebels earlier this week recovered high-powered firearms from the coral farm of alias “Lily Ong” in Teresa, Rizal. She was arrested together with 7 suspected members of the New People&#x27;s Army.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/25/18/mga-armas-nasamsam-sa-hinihinalang-kuta-ng-npa-sa-rizal">Mga armas nasamsam sa hinihinalang kuta ng NPA sa Rizal</a></li></ul><p>Ong reportedly said she gives P8,000 each to police officers every month for protection from kidnappers. Recovered from her farm was a list of the police officers.</p><p>&quot;Pinaiimbestigahan ko na po iyan, iyung sinasabing protection money, kung talagang mayroon man,&quot; PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde told radio DZMM.</p><p>(I have ordered an investigation into that, the alleged protection money, if it really exists.)</p><p>Some policemen may have agreed to protect Ong as a &quot;sideline&quot; to pad their income, which is illegal, he said.</p><p>Acting Rizal police chief Senior Supt. Lou Evangelista appears not to have been informed of the raid on the trader&#x27;s farm, said Albayalde.</p><p>The military raided the farm just days after its officials bared a &quot;Red October&quot; plot in which communist leaders are allegedly conniving with President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s critics to remove him from office.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/24/18/duterte-faces-red-october-ouster-plot-military-officials">Duterte faces &#x27;Red October&#x27; ouster plot - military officials</a></li></ul><p>The Communist Party of the Philippines has rejected the accusation.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/25/18/communists-raise-martial-law-fears-over-fictional-oust-duterte-plot">Communists raise martial law fears over &#x27;fictional&#x27; oust-Duterte plot</a></li></ul><p>The PNP, for its part, has not received any report that any of its personnel is involved in the alleged ouster scheme, Albayalde said.</p>

<p>The Philippine National Police on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that some police officers received protection money from a Chinese businesswoman who owns a coral farm supposedly used as a hideout by communist guerillas.</p>

The Philippine National Police on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that some police officers received protection money from a Chinese businesswoman who owns a coral farm supposedly used as a hideout by communist guerillas.