Esscom: Hostages being held on southern Philippine isle

Photos By MUGUNTAN VANAR, RUBEN SARIO, STEPHANIE LEE, CHOW HOW BAN, BEH YUEN HUI and CHRISTINE CHEAH Photos NORMIMIE DIUN

SEMPORNA: The two foreign women abducted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen from Singamata Reef Resort here are alive and well and are being held on an island in southern Philippines.

Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) director-general Datuk Mohammad Mentek said based on intelligence, the two – Chinese national Gao Huayun, 29, and Filipino resort worker Marcy Darawan – are “well”.

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