Twenty-three men being hunted down by the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) for suspected involvement in cross-border crime in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone) waters, are believed to be linked to the Abu Sayyaf terror group.
ESSCom commander, Datuk Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said they were all wanted by the agency and were believed to be in the Philippine waters still.
"At the moment, ESSCom is intensifying operations to track down all those involved, aged around 20 to 30 years.
"They are also believed to be coming back and forth between the Philippine waters and Sabah to commit crime, hence ESSCom is urging all the fishermen to cooperate with us if they see individuals that raise suspicion in the Sabah waters," he told Bernama, today.
Wan Abdul Bari also called on the public with information on all the suspects to contact the ESSCom operations centre at 089-863181.
Last Friday, ESSCom released a list of 23 wanted individuals being hunted down by the enforcement agency for suspected involvement in cross-border crime.
Information on the wanted men were then distributed in Sabah for public knowledge.
Most of them are Philippine nationals who have been in this country, according to a spokesman from the ESSCom operations room based in Lahad Datu.
Last Thursday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at a meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in Putrajaya, stated that he allowed Malaysian security forces to chase kidnapping groups right into the Philippine waters. — Bernama
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