SANDAKAN, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo - Gunmen linked to the Abu Sayyaf stormed into a
popular seaside restaurant near Sandakan and abducted the manager and a customer
during dinner on Thursday.The four men, one armed with an automatic rifle with bullets strapped on his chest and another with a pistol, burst into the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant at
about 8pm prompting the patrons to flee.The restaurant owner, Chung Yan Tsim, said his 48-year-old sister-in-law(photo above), who manages the restaurant, and the customer, believed to be from Sarawak, were bundled off by the
gunmen in the raid lasting less than a
minute."They fled in a boat. There wore no mask and there was no shooting," Chung said, adding that the customer was sitting with his family but could not run away when the gunmen barged into the restaurant.
Security forces have gone on an immediate alert as Sandakan
is only about an hour's ride on speed boat from the southern Philippines island
Bakungan Besar.
A massive operation is underway to hunt the group believed
to be cross-border kidnap gangs linked to the terror Abu Sayyaf kidnap groups
that operate in southern Philippines.
- Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) commander Datuk Abdul Rashid Harun when contacted said they were at the scene and taking necessary action.
Source: The Star
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