Kidnappers, victim believed to be back on Jolo Island

Pesuruhjaya Polis Sabah Datuk Hamza Taib menunjukkan gambar seorang warga China yang diculik sekumpulan lima lelaki bersenjata di pulau Baik Lahad Datu kira-kira 2.45 pagi tadi. --fotoBERNAMA

LAHAD DATU: Kidnapped farm manager Yang Zai Lin is believed to have been taken to the notorious Abu Sayyaf stronghold of Jolo Island in southern Philippines by his abductors.

Philippines officials are indicating that the group could already be on the island as an intensive search along the Tawi Tawi chain of islands straddling Sabah's sea borders failed to reveal any traces of the abductors and their speedboat.