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Monday, May 18, 2015

Cops say kidnap victims' families yet to report ransom sum

Police are puzzled why the families of the Sandakan kidnapped victims have yet to report the ransom demands made the by gunmen.

According to The Star today, Sabah police commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman said that police are aware that the gunmen had called the families of captives Thien Nyuk Fun and Bernard Then Ted Fen within 72 hours of the kidnapping last Thursday.

“I do not know why they have not reported it,” he was quoted saying in the English daily.

Jalaluddin also reportedly said that the gunmen had not told the families not to inform the police of their demands.

But, the daily said the families have been keeping a low profile since the incident.

Yesterday, Jalaluddin confirmed that the gunmen have demanded a “large” ransom for Then and Thien’s release.

“They are unharmed,” Jalaluddin was quoted saying, who declined to state the amount demanded by the kidnappers.

He also reportedly said the Eastern Sabah Security Command has been conducting security operations at various hotspots in the state’s east coast where other abductions have happened.

“Unfortunately, the abduction occurred in an unanticipated area,” Jalaluddin was quoted saying.

During peak dinner period last Thursday, a group of gunmen stormed a popular seaside restaurant in Sandakan and made off with Thien, the 50-year-old restaurant manager and 39-year-old Then, an electronic consultant from Kuala Lumpur working in Cambodia.

Jalaluddin said Thursday that the notorious Muktadil brothers, who are suspected to be behind the latest kidnapping, may have had some inside help from an employee of Thien’s restaurant.

The Muktadil brothers’ gang — lead by brothers Nilson and Adzmil — are believed to be behind several kidnappings in Sabah’s porous east coast, including the abductions of China tourist Gao Huayun, 29, and Filipino worker Marcy Dayawan, 40.

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