Report: Abu Sayyaf gunman behind kidnap of Malaysians, beheading nabbed


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 29 Nov 2015

Thien Nyuk Fun (left) and Bernard Then

PETALING JAYA: Filipino police and military have captured an Abu Sayyaf gunman involved in the kidnapping of two Malaysians and a Korean man in southern Philippines, according to a report. 

The Mindanao Examiner reported Sunday citing officials as saying that they had nabbed Saddam Jailani, a follower of Abu Sayyaf leader Alhabsi Misaya, at the Port of Jolo on Friday. 

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