A former Indonesian army general Kivlan Zein and Tarhata Misuari, wife of Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari, with Indonesian sailors – Mochammad Ariyanto Mijnan, Lorens Peter, Dede Irfan Hilmi and Samsir , who were freed by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province in southern Philippines in May 2016. The Abu Sayyaf has freed on Sunday, September 18, 2016 Indonesian tugboat crew members Teo Kopong, Lorenz Koten and Emmanuel (not in photo) following negotiations by Zein. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
Abu Sayyaf jihadists on Sunday freed 3 Indonesian tugboat crew members in the southern Philippine
Military intelligence reports said Teo Kopong, Lorenz Koten
and Emmanuel – who were kidnapped in July in Sabah , Malaysia
Some P30 million in ransoms were reportedly paid to the Abu
Sayyaf by Indonesian negotiators led by former Indonesian army general Kivlan
Zein.
No other details were available surrounding the
negotiations, but the safe release of the hostages came barely two days after
Abu Sayyaf also freed a Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad for P30 million ransoms.
The militants handed over Sekkingstad to an MNLF commander Tahil Sali, who
allegedly helped in the negotiations, according to an army report.
The Philippine military’s Western Mindanao Command had
linked Sali to deadly attacks against government forces in Sulu and that he
fought alongside the Abu Sayyaf in recent years.
Zein – through the MNLF under its chieftain Nur Misuari –
also negotiated for the separate release of 14 kidnapped Indonesian sailors in
Sulu in May this year.
The Abu Sayyaf – which pledged allegiance with the Islamic
State militant group – is still holding four Malaysian sailors, three Filipino
fishermen, a Dutch photographer and a Japanese treasure hunter in southern Philippines
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/abu-sayyaf-frees-3-indon-sailors-in-southern-philippines/
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