TOTAL crime volume rose in the first five months of 2014 from the corresponding period last year, figures released by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday showed.

The PNP chief, Director General Alan Purisima, had been under fire for the upsurge of crimes in the past few months, giving rise to calls for his leaving office now instead of November next year when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 56.

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