[Straits Times] TEN gunnies kidnapped a Malaysian businessman on a troubled southern Philippine island that is a known stronghold of Islamic bully boys, authorities said on Monday.Mohammad Nasaruddin Bensaidin, 38, was seized from a small town on Jolo island on Saturday, regional police chief Director Felicisimo Khu said.
'The suspects were unidentified and fully armed,' Mr Khu said, adding that an investigation was being conducted by police on Jolo.
Regional military front man Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang described Mr Bensaidin as a businessman from Kuala Lumpur who had been living on the island for a month.
Lt Col Cabangbang said Sherlocks were trying to determine what business Mr Bensaidin was engaged in, although initial investigations showed he claimed to be dealing in lizard trading.
'We do not have any other information about him,' he said.