KOTA KINABALU: An offer of 1.5mil pesos (RM150,000) per head is believed to have prompted the hostage grab on board the East Ocean 2 tugboat in the Sulu Sea last Sunday.
Southern Philippine coast guard involved in the search for two Malaysian seamen Toh Chiu Tiong, 53, Wong Siu Ung, 52, and their Indonesian captain Walter Sampel, 53, yesterday gave a glimpse of what could have transpired prior to the storming of East Ocean 2.
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