Police recover Malaysian hostage who escapes in Jolo

From InterAksyon (Aug 6): Police recover Malaysian hostage who escapes in Jolo

The police recovered a Malaysian national who escaped from captivity in the hands of the Abu Sayyaf bandits in the island province of Sulu, a top police official disclosed Tuesday.

Recovered by policemen around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Pasil, Indanan, Sulu was Tung Wee Jie, according to Sulu Police Director Sr. Supt. Abraham Orbita.

Tung, 26, was kidnapped together with his cousin, Tung Wee Fei, 33, by the Abu Sayyaf bandits on November 13, 2012 at a Palm Oil Plantation in Lahad Datu, Sabah.

He said they were informed by Tung that the other hostage died of sickness while in captivity in the jungles of Sulu.

The younger Tung is the assistant palm oil plantation manager while the older Tung is the plantation manager.

Orbita said the policemen led by Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Baltazar Zawabe were conducting security patrol when they spotted Tung wandering along the side of the road in Barangay Pasil, Indanan municipality.

Orbita said Tung was immediately brought to his headquarters in Camp Asturias, Jolo, the capital of Sulu, where the Malaysian underwent a medical check-up.

Tung claimed to have escaped from his Abu Sayyaf captors “while they were preoccupied,” Orbita said.

“Generally, he is in good health except that he is thin and with so many rashes from mosquito bites,” Orbita said in a text message.

He said Tung will be flown to Manila “once the plane could land” at Jolo airport, where a heavy downpour was being experienced.

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