Malaysian negotiators rescue fish farm manager from Abu Sayyaf gunmen


KOTA KINABALU: Nine weeks in captivity ended for Yang Zai Lin (pic) when a team of Malaysian negotiators came to pick up the abducted fish farm manager from Jolo island, where he had been held by Abu Sayyaf gunmen.

However, when Yang and the negotiators were moving away from the seaside village of Patikul in the southern Philippines island at about 9pm on Wednesday, their boat was fired at several times.

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