Kidnap-for-ransom group (KFRG) struck anew taking hostage a Filipino-Chinese businessman, his son, a relative and a construction foreman in two incidents in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu provinces.
The abducted Filipino-Chinese was Joseph Bani, 49, including his son Josua, 21; and relative Hajan Terong, 51. They have been missing since early Monday.
The kidnapped construction foreman was Remigio Villanueva Lingayan, a Zamboanga native, who was abducted in the capital town of Jolo on June 5.
Police said Bani, his son and a relative were taken from their residence in Barangay Chinese Pier, Bongao.
The kidnappers of the Filipino-Chinese trader have not yet made any contact with his family, according to the police report.
Local media reported that Villanueva was travelling on a vehicle when flagged down by gunmen near the village of Kan Islam and seized him.
Soldiers and policemen pursued the gunmen, but failed to catch up with them.
The search is going on for Villanueva in Sulu as well as for the Chinese-Filipino businessman in Tawi-Tawi, where two European bird watchers were reportedly kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf bandits in February 2012.
The Al-Qaeda-linked terror group is also believed holding two German nationals who went missing in Palawan in the last week of April.
It is also holding a Chinese businesswoman and her daughter seized from their karaoke bar in Isabela City, Basilan, Thursday of May.
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