A GUNMAN, killed in a shoot-out with security forces during curfew in the waters off here yesterday, had links with kidnap-for-ransom groups and the Abu Sayyaf militant group. Police have identified the suspect as Abu Paliyak, 31, who also went by the name Komander Paliyak @ Yusof. “However, the boat sped off and a gunshot was fired at the security forces, prompting them to return fire,” he said here yesterday. “We will conduct a detailed investigation to trace remnants of informers and members of the kidnap-for-ransom group,” he said. In December last year, policemen from the General Operations Force shot dead three gunmen during a kidnapping attempt in Semporna waters.

Source: New Strait Times December 05, 2017 00:45 UTC