A local teacher who was reported kidnapped was freed Wednesday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu after her sister paid ransom that led to the arrest of one of the captors, officials said.
Officials said the 58-year Rose Singua was found by her sister – who sought help to authorities – in a hotel room in the capital town of Jolo.
Singua, a teacher at the Culianan Elementary School here, was reported kidnapped by her family after a man phoned her son in Manila and told him that her mother is being held for ransom.
Officials said Singua’s sister paid P283,000 to Nurina Jura, 22, who was subsequently arrested by security forces after she received the money at the port of Jolo. Three other women and a homosexual were also being implicated in the kidnapping.
“Witnesses said that the abductors of Singua were a young lady, and three middle-aged women and a gay,” said Major General Corleto Vinluan, Jr., commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu.
A military photo released to The Zamboanga Post shows freed Zamboanga teacher Rose Singua with soldiers in Jolo town in Sulu province.
Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said security were still hunting down the other suspects in the kidnapping.
“We are happy that Miss Singua is safe now and we are able to capture one of her abductors. Our troops and our policemen are still tracking the whereabouts of the remaining abductors and we will not stop until we are able to get them,” he said.
Singua’s family said left her house on September 27 with an unidentified woman to attend a wedding ceremony in Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte province, and only to learn that she had been taken to Jolo town.
There was no indication that kidnapping was carried out by the Abu Sayyaf group which is notorious for ransom kidnappings in the South. Local police previously denied the kidnapping of Singua. Her family did not give any statement to the press. (Zamboanga Post)
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