THE PHILIPPINE Coast Guard warned seafarers in the southern Filipino region to stay alert and vigilant after it received intelligence reports that the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf has dispatch a team to carry out kidnapping in Sabah.
A fishing boat in southern Philippines. (Photo courtesy of Al Jacinto)
This was also reported by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre (ISC), saying that 5 Abu Sayyaf militants on a speed boat with yellow and orange stripes were sighted off Sitangkai Island in Tawi-Tawi province near the Sabah border.
In May 23, ReCAAP also issued the same warning.
“The Philippine Coast Guard added that as of 30 June 2020, the plan to carry out kidnapping in Sabah and Semporna, Malaysia targeting foreigners and the abduction of crew from ships passing by the Tawi-Tawi and Sabah waters still stands. Ship masters and crew are strongly urged to exercise extra vigilance when transiting the waters off Eastern Sabah and in the Sulu-Celebes Seas,” ReCAAP said in its latest warning.
There was no immediate report from security forces deployed in Tawi-Tawi or Sulu province about the warning. (Mindanao Examiner)
https://mindanaoexaminernewspaper.blogspot.com/2020/07/sayyafs-on-hunt-in-sabah.html
In May 23, ReCAAP also issued the same warning.
“The Philippine Coast Guard added that as of 30 June 2020, the plan to carry out kidnapping in Sabah and Semporna, Malaysia targeting foreigners and the abduction of crew from ships passing by the Tawi-Tawi and Sabah waters still stands. Ship masters and crew are strongly urged to exercise extra vigilance when transiting the waters off Eastern Sabah and in the Sulu-Celebes Seas,” ReCAAP said in its latest warning.
There was no immediate report from security forces deployed in Tawi-Tawi or Sulu province about the warning. (Mindanao Examiner)
https://mindanaoexaminernewspaper.blogspot.com/2020/07/sayyafs-on-hunt-in-sabah.html
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