Malaysia

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | July 25th, 2001 | Trackback

With ransoms of $1 million a hostage being paid to free victims snatched from Sipadan Island and held on the Philippine island of Jolo, it is no surprise that another dive resort nearby was hit by kidnappers. Three Malaysians were taken from Pandanan Island off the coast of Sabah state Sept. 10 and were believed to have been spirited to the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. Avoid the islands in the Sulu Sea near Borneo, an area that has been a pirate haven for decades.

Kidnapping has become a preferred means of raising money by criminal groups, and it has increased by 70 percent in the past eight years, according to the Hiscox insurance group. The ten worst countries for the crime are Colombia, Mexico, Former Soviet Union, Brazil, Nigeria, Philippines, India, Ecuador, Venezuela and South Africa.

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Malaysia

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | July 24th, 2001 | Trackback

In the aftermath of kidnappings by Philippine guerrillas, more than 700 soldiers have been deployed to protect 13 resort islands off the coast of Borneo’s Sabah state. The navy planned to increase from seven to twenty the number of ships patrolling the seas between Borneo and the southern Philippines. The moves are an effort to stop incursions by rebels from the Philippines, but even military authorities admit that it’s impossible to patrol every island and inlet here.

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