Manila, May 7 -- Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil on Tuesday said he did not order an accounting of police personnel having visible tattoos.

During his command visit at the National Capital Region Police Office headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, Marbil said he does not want tattooed police personnel to experience discrimination.

"We will just make a memorandum to properly manage the situation but right now, we just suspended the policy because of health issues that we need to fix," he added.

As the PNP is civilian in character, Marbil said they have sought guidance from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) regarding the matter.

"We are just asking for CSC for their guidance but as for us,...