Police confirm kidnap of four Malaysians in Sabah


MIRI: Police have confirmed that four Malaysians were kidnapped by eight armed men in the waters of Semporna, Sabah while returning to Malaysia from the Philippines on Friday night.

Miri police chief ACP Junaidi Bujang said that four men aged between 21 and 34 working on board the MV Masfive 6 vessel which had transported timber from Malaysia to Manila in the Philippines, had been abducted in the 7pm incident.

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