PETALING JAYA: An alleged Abu Sayyaf member, who is wanted for kidnapping, was arrested at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday night.
According to a report by the Philippine Star, Manila’s southern police district director Jimili Macaraeg said the suspect, Hajar Abdul Mubin, was taken into custody at 11.30pm after arriving at Terminal 3 from Malaysia.
Hajar is now being held at the lock-up in Taguig after he was denied bail by a Manila court.
The terror suspect has been on the run since 2012 after the Zamboanga regional court issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of kidnapping for ransom.
In 2018, an Indonesian man and his son were sentenced to 12 months’ jail by the Kuala Lumpur High Court for intentionally omitting information and withholding the identity of an alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, Hajar Abdul Mubin, also known as Abu Asri.