Sulu provincial photos show Governor Toto Tan with escaped Indonesian sailor Mohamad Soyfan after police presented him the foreigner.
The Philippine military on Thursday said a second Indonesian
hostage had been recovered by troops following a daring escape from Abu Sayyaf
militants in the southern province
of Sulu
It said the victim, Ismail – one of 7 crew members of the
tugboat Charles – was found late Wednesday afternoon walking alone by soldiers
who were scouring the town of Luuk
No other details were provided by the military on Ismail.
Civilians on Wednesday spotted Mohamad Soyfan, also a
tugboat crew member, in a fish pen in the village of Bual
Soyfan was handed by village officials to the police and
later presented to Governor Totoh Tan, who is the head of the provincial crisis
management committee.
There were no reports on the remaining tugboat crew members
– Ferry Arifin, the skipper; M. Mahbrur Dahri, Edi Suryono, Ismail,
M.Nasir, and Robin Piter. The boat – owned by PT Rusianto Brothers – was
heading to Samarinda in East Kalimantan following a trip from the Philippines
Indonesian media reported that the boat captain phoned his
wife and told her that they were intercepted at sea by gunmen, who introduced
themselves as Abu Sayyaf and were demanding 20 million ringgits for their safe
release.
The hostages are believed being held by the group of Alhabsi
Misaya, a former member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) which
signed a peace deal with Manila
The Abu Sayyaf previously kidnapped 14
Indonesian tugboat crewmembers in separate attacks at sea just this
year and brought them to Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous
region, and eventually released through the intercession of the MNLF headed by
Nur Misuari.
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