The inside story behind the Pom Pom kidnapping


The General Operations Force standing guard after the kidnapping incident.

SEMPORNA: The cage was empty. They needed a commodity for money. The timing was right on a full moon night.

he tides were high and the gunmen struck at Pulau Pom Pom, off Semporna in the east coast of Sabah on Nov 15.

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