| Suspected members of the Philippine Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group has taken a Chinese-looking hostage in the southern Philippines, a local television reported Thursday. The local residents at a village in Sultan Kudarat province saw a Chinese-looking man was with the suspected Abu Sayyaf members, the ABS-CBN news channel quoted local officials as saying. Military troops has been sent to the area to go after the suspects, the report said. However, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lucero dismissed the report as "not true," and local military commanders in the province said they had no information about the incident and are checking with the policemen regarding this matter. |