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| Southeast Asia |
| Armed Kidnappers Grab Six People in Speedboat Raid on Malaysian Resort |
| 2003-10-06 |
| Three Indonesian and three Filipino migrant workers all men in their 30s were taken in the attack on the Borneo Paradise Eco-Farm Resort in eastern Sabah state at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Malaysian national police chief Norian Mai said. He said the kidnappers were believed to be Malaysians possibly pirates and authorities did not believe any foreign group was involved. But diplomats said the raid bore some of the hallmarks of two attacks in 2000 on dive resorts in Malaysia by the Abu Sayyaf, an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group in the southern Philippines. The United States, Australia and other countries renewed travel warnings earlier this year for Sabah, saying the Abu Sayyaf and other terrorists continue to pose a kidnap threat in the state. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #2 You can probably squeeze a lot of intel about the layout and workings of the resort out of them though. Wouldn't even have to squeeze very hard, is my bet. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-10-6 11:08:55 AM |
| #1 Er, just how much ransom can you get kidnapping migrant workers? After gas for the boat, food, lodging, per diem, etc, seems like you'd be lucky to break even. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-10-6 10:55:02 AM |