Public Works Secretary Mark Villar is not exempted from the anti-corruption investigation to be conducted by the Department of Justice-led task force, his wife, Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said Thursday.

“Yes,” she said when asked if her husband would also be investigated during an interview with ANC’s Headstart.“Because that’s what the President also said in his memo, that all government officials and employees are included and if evidence warrants a case to be filed against them we would do so.”Aglipay-Villar said the DPWH and other agencies earlier tagged by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra would be the focus of the task force’s initial efforts.Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte said the DPWH chief was “too rich to be corrupt” but Aglipay-Villar, who is also the spokesperson of the DOJ, said the chief executive was merely expressing his trust and confidence in her husband.Aglipay-Villar, who earlier said she will not be involved in the investigation on the DPWH, said her assignments at the DOJ usually involved the review of contracts and other matters assigned to the legal staff.“But even in cases involving review of contracts, I will not participate if there is any conflict,” she said.