Leader of Filipino group who beheaded Sarawakian hostage Bernard Then arrested
KUALA LUMPUR — Philippine authorities have arrested the Abu Sayaf leader whose militant group is responsible for beheading Sarawakian hostage Bernard Then, according to the Mindanao Explorer.
KUALA LUMPUR — Philippine authorities have arrested the Abu Sayaf leader whose militant group is responsible for beheading Sarawakian hostage Bernard Then, according to the Mindanao Explorer.
Saddam Jailani was captured along with two other members of the group in Kabacan town in North Cotabato, a Mindanao province, on Friday (Nov 27).
The three individuals are currently being detained by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police.
The trio had been armed with an automatic rifle, three pistols and 11 magazines when they were picked up by combined police and military forces.
Then had been on holiday in Sandakan with his wife on May 14 this year when he was kidnapped at a seafood restaurant, along with the restaurant’s manager, Mr Thien Nyuk Fun.
Mr Thien, 50, was released on Nov 8, allegedly after a reported ransom was paid for the both of them, but negotiations went awry and Then was held back. He was reportedly killed on November 17.
It is the first time a hostage from Malaysia has been killed by the terror group. THE MALAY MAIL ONLINE