KOTA KINABALU, East Malaysia - Seaweed farm manager Tsen Vui Chung, 42, and supervisor, Lai Wing Chau, 33, were finally reunited with their family members after 10 months and 12 days in captivity, at KKIA's Terminal Two arrival hall in Tanjung Aru on Friday.Family members could not hide their happiness and rushed to meet them as they walked into the arrival hall soon as the Cebu Pacific plane ferrying them from Manila touched down at about 5.50pm.
- Tsen's wife, Chua Mui Ling, 41, together with their children Tsen Hien June, 11, and Tsen Joe Yi, 13, rushed out to hug him while Lai, a bachelor, was greeted by his happy parents and other family members. Tsen's son, Hien June was clinging to him the whole time they sat for the Press conference.
The duo were abducted by a group of gunmen at the seaweed farm in Sebangkat Island off Semporna on Feb. 8 this year and their release was secured on Dec. 21.- According to Tsen, they were bound by the gunmen before being taken to an island believed to be in the Southern Philippines as the journey took almost 10 hours.
- On arriving, he said they were at a loss because the abductors did not tell them what they wanted and only asked for their family handphone numbers. To a question, he said the abductors spoke in Malay.
- He confirmed reports that the kidnapers had to mobilise them from one place to another to evade detection. "We shifted from one place to another at least about 100 times," said Tsen.
- Asked if the abductors had ever mentioned about a ransom for their release, he said they had no idea about it.
It was reported that police commandos who have been searching for the captives, recovered the two near Bongao town in the southernmost island province of Tawi-Tawi. The gunmen abandoned the duo after they were surrounded by government forces before escaping.
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