Painful ordeal: A file photo of UPP president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh (left) consoling family members of one of the hostages.
KOTA KINABALU: Looking gaunt and exhausted but with smiles on their faces, four Malaysian sailors returned home safely after 69 days in the hands of the notorious Abu Sayyaf gunmen in the mountainous jungles of Jolo.
The four Sarawakians, whose release came late on Tuesday evening, were unhurt as they made their way back to Sandakan.
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