Semporna resort kidnap: Area has history of abduction cases


A file photo taken on May 27, 2000 shows Abu Sayyaf gunmen outside a mosque on Jolo Island, Philippines. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: The abduction of two women from the Singamata Reef Resort off Semporna is one of the many kidnapping incidents that have happened in Sabah shores over the years.

In Oct 1979, armed men hijacked a ferry, the Saleha Baru, with 44 people on board off Semporna.

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Crime , Semporna , Abu Sayyaf , Kidnapping

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