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Sabahan Thien Nyuk Fun, 50, and Sarawakian Bernard Then, 39, were abducted by Southern Philippines militant group Abu Sayyaf six months ago.
Thien was freed after the kidnappers had reportedly received some 30 million pesos (S$900,000) in ransom.
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29 November 2015
Star
29 November 2015 | MYT 11:30 PM
One of Muktadil brothers linked to kidnap of Malaysians detained
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PETALING JAYA: One of the Muktadil brothers linked to the kidnapping of two Malaysian hostages in May has been detained by Filipino police.
According to Jolo police chief Major Junpikar Sitin, Abu Sayyaf member Kadafi Muktadil (pix), who was involved in a vehicular accident, was receiving treatment at a hospital when he was arrested by Panamao police.
“Yes, he was involved in a vehicular accident and Panamao police department is handling the case,” Major Sitin told The Star Sunday.
He said that Kadafi checked into Sulu Provincial Hospital using the name Amin Maing and was later arrested by Filipino authorities on Saturday evening.
Major Sitin said that Kadafi was still in hospital receiving treatment.
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This comes in the wake of an arrest of another Abu Sayyaf member Saddam Jailani on Friday at the Port of Jolo.
Jailani together with Kadafi and his brother Mindas were involved in the kidnapping of restaurant manager Thien Nyuk Fun and Sarawakian tourist Bernard Then Ted Fen from the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant in Sandakan in May.
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Philip Golingai I see “caring” statements by politicians on beheading of Bernard Then. Where were they when he was alive & a hostage? They didn’t care.
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21 November 2015
THIS IS WHAT THE AUTHORITIES WOULD LIKE US TO BELIEVE:
Then, who had gout and had lost his spectacles, was killed because he slowed down his captors who were being pursued by the military.
THIS MAY BE THE TRUTH:
Most likely – and this is corroborated by intelligence and security expert sources who told me slightly different but similar information – Then was murdered because of failure to meet the ultimatum given by the Abu Sayyaf to the negotiators on the day Thien was released.
The captors gave the negotiators nine days to give them ransom money which they believed was brought to Jolo but pocketed by Filipino politicians acting as middlemen in the negotiations.
“The ASG monitored that 60 million peso (RM5.4mil) was brought to Jolo but only 30 million peso was given to them by the negotiators,” said an intelligence source in Jolo.
I checked with several sources in Malaysia and they believed the allegation that millions of peso was pocketed was a vicious rumour because only 30 million peso was smuggled into Jolo.
When no ransom money was delivered, Then was beheaded.
“But why was Bernard beheaded?” I asked the intelligence source based in Jolo. “Why kill him when he is worth at least 30 million peso?”
“The ASG is angry that the politicians keep on pocketing the ransom money in kidnapping cases,” the source said.
Read:
One Man’s Meat by Philip Golingai
Why Bernard Then was beheaded
It was most likely because of a failure to meet Abu Sayyaf’s ultimatum to the negotiators.
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18 November 2015
Severed head found in sack in Jolo: http://bit.ly/1O18IIu
PETALING JAYA: A severed head believed to be that of Malaysian hostage Bernard Then was found near a municipal council building in Jolo island on Tuesday evening, according to southern Philippines police officials.
Jolo police chief Major Junpikar Sitin told The Star that a street sweeper found the head inside a sack with the words “Bernard Then Ted Fen” at Marina Street at Barangay Wall City in Jolo about 8.30pm Tuesday.
He said they immediately cordoned the area off and subsequently took the head away for preservation at about 10.30pm.
“We have turned over the head to the military task force for preservation and DNA tests,” he said.
Sitin said the military doctors at the brigade camp in Jolo were now preserving the head pending a DNA test with Then’s family.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/11/18/Bernard-Then-head-found/
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Father of slain Msian hostage says he only learnt of son’s death this morning #bernardthen http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/112287/father-slain-msian-hostage-says-he-only-learnt-sons-death-morning …
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“I was just informed this morning. I just could not believe it. I hope you would give us some privacy,” he told the New Straits Times at the family’s home in Jalan Satok here today.
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/112287/father-slain-msian-hostage-says-he-only-learnt-sons-death-morning
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17 November 2015
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Philippines verifying reported beheading of Malaysian
Philippines verifying reported beheading of Malaysian http://bit.ly/1kCntpZ
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MANILA — Two Philippine military officials say authorities are verifying reports that Abu Sayyaf militants have beheaded a Malaysian hostage in the southern Philippines after a large ransom demand was not paid.
The officials said the militants killed Bernard Then Ted Fen today (Nov 17) in their jungle camp in Indanan town in Sulu, an impoverished province 95km south of Manila where Abu Sayyaf gunmen are believed to be holding other foreign and Filipino hostages. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with reporters.
http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/philippines-verifying-reported-beheading-malaysian
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Star
Tuesday November 17, 2015 MYT 10:48:56 PM
Malaysian hostage Bernard Then beheaded
KOTA KINABALU: Sarawakian Bernard Then, held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf terror group, has been killed in the southern Philippines.
He was beheaded by the gunmen at about 4pm in the island of Jolo.
Then is the first Malaysian hostage to have been beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf.
Brigadier-General Alan Arrojado, commander of the Joint Task Group Sulu, confirmed that Then was decapitated.
Sources from the military and social workers in the Philippines are indicating that the 39-year-old electrical engineer was killed by the Abu Sayyaf gunmen who were being pursued by Philippine military in the Butaran Hill area around Indanan village in Jolo island.
According to Jolo-based social workers, the Abu Sayyaf plan to release a video of the alleged beheading soon.
They said they received news of the beheading, but could not confirm which Abu Sayyaf leader carried out the killing.
The group holding Then was led by Indang Susukan.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/11/17/Bernard-then-killed-abu-sayyaf/
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但願不是真的！不是真的！不是真的！祝願男人質能逢兇化吉，吉人天相！
http://www.chinapress.com.my/?p=493161
#今日中國報
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Abu Sayyaf kills M’sian hostage as PM arrives in Manila
Sandakan kidnap – Abu Sayyaf behead last M’sian hostage http://twib.in/l/d5AoXRorjzd | https://twibble.io
Terrorist group Abu Sayyaf has beheaded the last Malaysian hostage it kidnapped from a Sandakan restaurant in May this year, according to Singapore’s Straits Times.
Bernard Then was beheaded just hours after Prime Minister Najib Razak landed in Manila for the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
The paper’s portal quoted Philippines Joint Task Group Sulu Commander Brigadier-General Alan Arrojada as confirming that Then, 39, an engineer, was beheaded at around 4pm in the Abu Sayyaf stronghold of Jolo, Philippines.
The beheading came just after a week after Abu Sayyaf released another Malaysian hostage, Thien Nyuk Fun, the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant (photo) manager who was kidnapped along with Then.
The report said Then had suffered leg injuries while in captivity and had been slowing down his captors.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/319933
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Terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is reported to have beheaded Sarawakian engineer Bernard Then, the remaining Malaysian hostage it kidnapped from a seafood restaurant in Sandakan in May this year.
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The Straits Times
Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf beheads remaining Malaysian hostage seized from Sandakan resort
Islamist militants in the Philippines on Tuesday (Nov 17) beheaded the remaining Malaysian hostage they seized in May from a resort in Malaysia’s Sabah state.
Brigadier-General Alan Arrojado, commander of the Joint Task Group Sulu, said Mr Bernard Then, 39, an engineer, was beheaded at around 4pm at a remote Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Jolo island, in Sulu province, some 1,400km south of the capital Manila.
He said Mr Then’s family “failed to comply” with the militants’ demand “during their negotiation that prompted them to execute their plan”.
“Accordingly, the body was immediately buried in the vicinity where they beheaded the victim,” he said.
He said efforts were now being undertaken to locate Mr Then’s remains.
Mr Then was beheaded more than a week after the Abu Sayyaf released Ms Thien Nyuk Fun, 50, manager of the Ocean King Seafood Restaurant in Sandakan town, Sabah, reportedly after receiving some 30 million pesos (S$900,000) in ransom.
Mr Then and Ms Thien were taken from the same resort.
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#kualalumpur “PDRM sedang berusaha dapatkan pengesahan,” Ketua Polis Negara .http://bit.ly/1kCjpWA
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Malay Mail Online
Abu Sayyaf frees one of two Malaysian hostages
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Sabahan Thien Nyuk Fun, 50, who was abducted by Southern Philippines militant group Abu Sayyaf six months ago, was released safely today.
Negotiations however are still ongoing to secure the release of another Malaysian, Sarawakian Bernard Then, 39, The Star Online reported.
Citing unnamed intelligence sources, the news portal reported Thien was taken by an Abu Sayyaf commander named Indang Susukan, but released by another leader Al Habsy, from the Indanan area in the southern Philippines island of Jolo at 11pm yesterday.
The restaurant manager returned safely back to her hometown of Sandakan on Sabah’s east coast after an eight-hour speedboat ride, and is said to be healthy apart from a case of disorientation.
The report also said that Malaysian and Filipino negotiators were still trying to work out a deal with the kidnappers to release Then.
– See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/abu-sayyaf-free-one-of-two-malaysians-hostages#sthash.Gl87l5cf.dpuf
“We are asking the kidnappers to release the two hostages on humanitarian grounds because they are not well.”
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