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.
