Abu Sayyaf beheads Malaysian kidnap victim

From ABS-CBN (Nov 17): Abu Sayyaf beheads Malaysian kidnap victim

A Malaysian kidnap victim was beheaded by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Indanan, Sulu past 4 p.m. Tuesday, a top military official said.

The Abu Sayyaf led by sub-commander Alhabsy Misaya executed Bernard Ted Fen in Bud Taran Indanan, after failed negotiations for his safe release, according to Joint Task Group Sulu commander Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado.

Arrojado said the bandits had demanded additional ransom amounting to P40 million for the safe release of Ted Fen.

The deadline for the payment of ransom was November 17.

Arrojado said they are still verifying whether the bandits buried the remains of the victim or they left it in Sitio Bud Taran.

Soldiers have been deployed to the area to recover the remains of the Malaysian.

Ted Fen was abducted May 14, 2015 in a restaurant in Sandakan, Malaysia together with the restaurant owner Thien Nyuk Fun.

The couple owns Ocean King Seafood Restaurant, where they were kidnapped. Malaysian authorities earlier said the kidnappers and their victims fled towards the Philippines on board a motorized boat.

Nyuk Fun was released by the bandits last November 8 this year in Indanan after her family allegedly agreed to pay a multimillion-peso ransom.

The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several foreign and local hostages in Sulu.

The Abu Sayyaf and their contacts are known to have perpetrated several kidnappings in Malaysia. The biggest one was in 2000 when 21 tourists, most of them Caucasians, were snatched from the Sipadan diving resort in Sabah.

The hostages were later brought to Sulu. The hostages were released in batches after payment of ransom.

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