From the Mindanao Examiner blog (Jul 31): Sayyafs free kidnapped Filipino professor in Southern Philippines
Kidnappers have freed a Filipino professor at dawn Wednesday after more than 5
weeks in captivity in the southern Philippines, police told the Mindanao
Examiner.
Police said Al Rashid Rojas was released in the town of Jolo.
It was not immediately known whether ransom was paid for his freedom, but
kidnappers originally demanded P20 million for his safe release.
Rojas -
who is also a researcher at the Western Mindanao State University here - was
kidnapped June 22 in his house in Campo Islam village in Zamboanga City by
gunmen clad in military uniform on June 22.
Authorities have linked Abu
Sayyaf rebels under Idang Susukan to the kidnapping of Rojas.
Police said
Susukan’s group was also involved in the kidnappings of a local school principal
Flordeliza Ongchua in November 2012 and a restaurant owner Edgar Fabella in
January this year. Both had been freed unharmed after their family paid ransom
to the gang.
The Abu Sayyaf is still holding a number of Filipino and
foreign victims in the southern Philippines.
http://mindanaoexaminer.blogspot.com/2013/07/sayyafs-free-kidnapped-filipino.html
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