Trawler skipper believed kidnapped


SANDAKAN: An investigation is underway over claims that a skipper of a fishing trawler was allegedly kidnapped by gunmen in waters off Kertam at Kuala Kinabatangan in Sabah.

The incident is believed to have happened on Wednesday but a police report was only lodged late yesterday by the owner of the trawler.

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