One of the men who kidnapped journalist Ces Drilon and her crew in 2008 is not only free but is back at it. According to surveillance photographs, the man using the alias "Damz,' one of Drilon's kidnappers, is part of the group that abducted the Bansil sisters from Jolo on June 22, 2013.They are unlikely victims for a group supposed to be fighting for Muslims. The Bansil sisters worked together to produce independent films showcasing Filipino Muslim life and culture.
Their father, Abdulbassit Bansil, is a Muslim cleric - a close associate of the founding leaders of the Philippines' two largest armed Muslim movements - the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. He married an Algerian-Moroccan, to whom the ransom demand was allegedly made.
Drilon's kidnappers were led by the most senior leader of the Abu Sayyaf, Radullan Sahiron ...