IGP: No ransom paid for release of abductees

IGP: No ransom paid for release of abductees

Four Sarawakians, kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf on April 1, are brought back by Police Special Forces after being released with no ransom paid.

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KUALA LUMPUR: No ransom was paid to militant group Abu Sayyaf for the release of the four Sarawakians they kidnapped off Pulau Ligitan on April 1.

Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar said the four were brought back by Police Special Forces after being released with no ransom paid.

“The four seem to be in good health. They are in Sandakan and will be taken to Kota Kinabalu today.

“We have not taken their statements just yet,” he said at a press conference today.

Brothers Wong Teck Kang and Wong Teck Chii as well as Johnny Lau Jung Hien and Wong Hung Sing were abducted from their tugboat by the Abu Sayyaf while on their way to Sarawak from the Philippines.

 

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