Suspected Abu Sayyaf member linked to Sipadan kidnapping nabbed in Taguig

From GMA News (May 24): Suspected Abu Sayyaf member linked to Sipadan kidnapping nabbed in Taguig

A suspected Abu Sayyaf member with a P900.000 bounty on his head was arrested in Taguig City on Tuesday, according to Emil Sumangil's report on "24 Oras."

Sakur Mustakin alias Junior was arrested by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) after being positively identified by a former kidnap victim, the report said.

It added that Mustakin is wanted for 26 counts of kidnapping for the abduction of Jehovah's Witnesses members in Patikul, Sulu, in 2002, and of foreign guests in Sipadan Island in Malaysia in 2000.

"Isa siya doon sa mga talagang operatiba ng Abu Sayyaf na pumunta doon sa Sipadan, kinidnap yung mga guest ng resort," said Senior Superintendent Roland Oliver Lee, Chief of PNP-CIDG in the National Capital Region.

"After ng mga kidnapping doon, at nalaman niya meron na siyang warrant of arrest, ay tumakbo na siya dito sa Manila para magtrabaho ng legal. Pero na-trace natin siya," he added.

Mustakin, is said to be the "intelligence officer" of Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron or "Putol," denied that he was a member of the terrorist group, saying he was a victim of mistaken identify.

"Sa totoo lang, hindi ako related diyan... nilabas ko mula pagka-elementary ko...mula pagkuha ko ng NBI clearance, court clearance, police clearance, barangay clearance," he added.

Mustakin has been taken to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology's Special Intensive Care Area in Camp Bagong Diwa.

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