Combined police and military operatives have arrested an Abu
Sayyaf member who was involved in the Sipadan raid 15 years ago, an official
announced Thursday.
Chief Insp. Rogelio Alabata, Police Regional Office-9
(PRO-9) information officer, identified the arrested suspect as Mentang Munap
alias Said.
Alabata said Munap was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday
near City Hall along Don Pablo
Lorenzo Street
Alabata said Munap has standing warrant of arrest for 21
counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with ransom issued by a
court in Pasig City
He said Munap was allegedly involved in the April 2000
kidnapping of 21 people in a dive resort in the island
of Sipadan , Malaysia
The hostages consisting of eight Europeans and 11
Asians--nine Malaysian and two Filipinos--were herded to the hinterlands of
Sulu where they were released in batches.
Alabata said Munap was turned over to the custody of the
Western Mindanao Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for documentation prior to court
presentation in Pasig
City
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