Another kidnap in Sabah

From the Free Malaysia Today (May 6): Another kidnap in Sabah

A Chinese national is believed to have been kidnapped from a fish farm in Silam, Sabah.

PETALING JAYA: Barely 24-hours after pirates robbed fishermen in the waters off Tanjung Labuan, a Chinese national is believed to have been kidnapped from a fish farm in Lahad Datu’s Silam, Sabah.

News reports claim that gunmen grabbed the Chinese national, identified as Yang Zailin, who is a manager of Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd, a company operating a fish farm in the area, at about 2.45am on Tuesday.

No further details were available as senior police and Esscom officials were at the scene and conducting follow up operations.

It is believed that the gunmen had fled towards the southern Philippines.

Last month, kidnappers grabbed a Chinese tourist and a Filipino worker from a Sabah island resort.

Gao Huayun, 29, and Filipina resort worker Marcy Dayawan, 40, were taken from the Singamata Reef Resort in a late-night raid by a group of gunmen.

The kidnappers based in the southern Philippines had demanded more than US$11 million in ransom for the Chinese tourist.

The area off eastern Sabah is famed for its world-class scuba diving but also notorious for its lawlessness and kidnappings blamed on bandits from the Muslim southern Philippines.

The Philippine military said last week that the Abu Sayyaf, a small band of Islamic militants infamous for their ‘kidnappings for ransom’, are the prime suspects.

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