One was on Sept. 23, 2019 involving three victims and another last Jan. 15 with five captives involved. ADVERTISEMENTSobejana said the victims of the Jan. 15 kidnapping are in Sulare Island, part of Sulu’s Parang town. “We have established naval blockade, the entire Sulare island is cordoned,” Sobejana said. Vinluan added that leading the group is Bong, who speaks Bahasa and was involved in the Sept. 23 kidnapping. Vinluan said Bong’s group was about to hand over the five Indonesians to another kidnap-for-ransom group, led by a certain Abu Mike.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 23, 2020 11:15 UTC