ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 09, 2009) – Kidnappers have freed Friday a Chinese bakery owner they seized in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.
Officials said Dionghan Que, 60, was released near the village of Ummul Qura in the town of Indanan, where Abu Sayyaf militants are also holding three Red Cross workers.
“We have no details about his release,” said Lt. Steffani Cacho, a regional military spokeswoman, adding, Que was freed by his captors at around 4 p.m.It was unknown if Que’s family paid ransom or not or whether the Abu Sayyaf had anything to do with his kidnapping.
Que snatched Monday in the capital town of Jolo while on his way home on a motorcycle.
No group claimed responsibility for Que’s abduction, but the three aid workers Swiss national Andreas Notter, Italian Eugenio Vagni and Filipino May Jean Lacaba are being held by the Abu Sayyaf headed by Albader Parad and Abu Pula in the hinterlands of Indanan town.
The trio was snatched January 15 after inspecting humanitarian projects at a prison facility in Patikul town.
Police said a dismissed prison guard was among five gunmen who seized the trio and later handed them over to the Abu Sayyaf.
The Abu Sayyaf is also holding captive Xili Wu, a Chinese trader kidnapped also in Jolo town in December last year. (Mindanao Examiner)
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