Abu Sayyaf Asked 250 Million Pesos Again
Abu Sayyaf Asked 250 Million Pesos Again
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SAMARINDA - One faction of the Abu Sayyaf militant, Al Habsy group which hostage four Indonesian citizen at Charlie tugboat have contact again via telephone to Dian Megawati, wife of Ismail, one of sailor in tug.
A few days ago, a telephone conversation has been going on between them with the core thing for ransom.
"Today (Thursday), I contacted again the person who claimed to be from the group Al Habsy," Megawati said in Samarinda, Thursday (28/7) without specifying the content of the talks.
"Essentially the same as the previous communication, the ransom they ask for 250 million pesos, or about Rp69 billion. They did not give a deadline but as previous people who claimed to be from the group Al Habsy demanded that a ransom be given as soon as possible," said Megawati.
"But this time, I was given the opportunity to speak with my husband (Ismail) and some of the hostages," said Megawati.
Previous ie, on Tuesday (26/7) and Wednesday (27/7) Al Habsyi group, one faction of the Philippine armed group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines threatened to kill the four citizen Charles tugboat crew if their ransom demands were not met by company.
"They threatened to kill the crew of the tugboat Charles individually if their ransom demands were not met," said Megawati.
He admits that he was called by people claiming to be from the group Al Habsy on Tuesday (26/7) at around 17:47 pm.
A few days ago, a telephone conversation has been going on between them with the core thing for ransom.
"Today (Thursday), I contacted again the person who claimed to be from the group Al Habsy," Megawati said in Samarinda, Thursday (28/7) without specifying the content of the talks.
"Essentially the same as the previous communication, the ransom they ask for 250 million pesos, or about Rp69 billion. They did not give a deadline but as previous people who claimed to be from the group Al Habsy demanded that a ransom be given as soon as possible," said Megawati.
"But this time, I was given the opportunity to speak with my husband (Ismail) and some of the hostages," said Megawati.
Previous ie, on Tuesday (26/7) and Wednesday (27/7) Al Habsyi group, one faction of the Philippine armed group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines threatened to kill the four citizen Charles tugboat crew if their ransom demands were not met by company.
"They threatened to kill the crew of the tugboat Charles individually if their ransom demands were not met," said Megawati.
He admits that he was called by people claiming to be from the group Al Habsy on Tuesday (26/7) at around 17:47 pm.
(rnz)
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