A 70-year old Korean national who was abducted by suspected
Abu Sayyaf bandits about nine months ago was found dead in southern Philippine province of Sulu
The cadaver of Nwi Seong Hong was discovered by a concerned
citizen at the vicinity of the Sulu State College in Bangkal village in Patikul
town at around 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, said Brigadier General Alan
Arrojado, commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Joint Task Group
Sulu.
The Indanan-based Abu Sayyaf members allegedly brought the
victim to the area after he died due to "severe illness" while in
captivity in the hinterland of Indanan town, he said.
The Korean national was negative of any gunshot wound,
Arrojado added.
Hong, along with his son, was abducted by armed men in
Poblacion village in R.T. Lim town, Zamboanga Sibugay province on Jan. 24. His
son managed to escape from their abductors.
The 400-strong Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), founded in the early
1990s by Islamic extremists, is a violent Muslim terrorist group operating in
the southern Philippines Philippines
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