Filipino man with links to kidnap group killed in shootout


  • Nation
  • Friday, 29 Sep 2017

KOTA KINABALU: A Filipino man with links to a southern Philippines-based kidnap-for-ransom group was killed in a shootout with police in Sabah's east coast Kunak district.

The 50-year-old suspect, identified as  Masurati Insawan and also known as "Tarab", was killed in the waters off Pulau Burung during Ops Sea Hunter at around 2.30am Friday.

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