Esscom commander DCP Wan Abd Bari Wan Abd Khalid said the kidnap victims, Fandy Bakran, 27, Mohd Jumadil Rahim, 24, and Mohd Ridzuan Ismail, 33, were rescued in an operation in waters off Sulu last night.
“That’s all I can say for now, that they have been rescued,” he told Bernama.
The three men were among five crew members of the tugboat Serudong Tiga who were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the Dent Haven waters in Lahad Datu on July 18.
The other two – Tayudin Anjut, 46, and Abd Rahim Summas, 63 – were rescued by Filipino security forces last Thursday.
Tayudin and Rahim arrived at the KL International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang last night and have been reunited with their families.