KOTA KINABALU: Negotiations for the release of Marine Police Kons Zakiah Aleip have hit a snag with a dispute that nearly ended in a gunbattle in Jolo.
The quarrel over ransom money was between negotiators and the Abu Sayyaf terror group holding Zakiah Aleip hostage on the southern Philippines island.
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