KOTA KINABALU: Wanted Malaysian militant Amin Bacho (pic) is among the 40 remnant Islamic State (IS) gunmen who have consolidated with the Abu Sayyaf group in Jolo island where they are believed to be abducting locals to fund their network in the east coast of Sabah.
According to intelligence sources, the Tawau-born Amin, who escaped the Philippines military recapture of the IS-occupied Marawi City last year, was in hiding in Jolo island with his father-in-law, Abu Sayyaf commander Hatib Hajab Sawadjan.
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