From Malaya Business Insight (Dec 4): 6 Abu Sayyaf captives freed after paying ransom
SIX civilians, including two children, were released by the Abu Sayyaf in Patikul town in Sulu on Friday, two weeks after they were abducted.
Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the military’s Joint Task Force Sulu, said the victims gave the Abu Sayyaf P100,000 “for board and lodging,” which means ransom.
Released were Nelson Hapole, 7; Marciano Hapole, 14; Lucy Hapole, 21; Jimmy Trinidad, 21; Jessie Trinidad, 53; and Marissa Trinidad, 54.
Sobejana said the six were released at around 2 p.m. Friday in Sitio Buhawan-Buhawan, Barangay Latih in Patikul town.
Sobejana said the victims are “the poorest of the poor in Jolo. He said they sold their properties “at a very low cost” and their neighbors contributed to raise the money demanded by the Abu Sayyaf.
The six were seized by the Abu Sayyaf, led by one Roger Samlahon, in Barangay Anuling, Patikul town on November 14.
Sobejana said government forces conducted operations to rescue the victims “but we cannot control everything.”
The Abu Sayyaf is holding 13 foreign and Filipino kidnap victims in Sulu, including Dutch wildlife photographer Elwood Horn who was abducted from Tawi-Tawi in February 2012.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/news/6-abu-sayyaf-captives-freed-after-paying-ransom
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