ZAMBOANGA CITY – A
suspected member of the Abu Sayaff group linked to
kidnappings in Sabah, Malaysia, arrested by the Security forces following a
raid in Tawi-Tawi province.
Based from the intelligent
reports, the Director Getulio Napenas, head of the Philippine National Police's
Special Action Force, identified the arrested bandit as Mobin Hailil. During
the operation, a pistol and fragmentation grenade were
confiscated from Hailil.
confiscated from Hailil.
Napenas said that members
of the 5th Special Action Battalion were arrested Hailil in Barangay
Sanga-Sanga in Bongao town last August 26.
The Sayyaf member is also being connected to the murdering
of a Malaysian policeman Kpl Rajah Jamuan, 32, on Mabul Water Bungalow Resort
during an Abu Sayyaf raid in July this year. Rajah’s companion Kons Zakiah
Alejp, 26, was kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf and is being held for ransom in
Mindanao.
The information relating to his Abu Sayyaf activities that
were passed to Philippine authorities was said to be the reason why the
security forces were able to trail down Hailil.
Napenas said Hailil was
involved in kidnappings and killings in Mabbul Island in Malaysia.
Eastern Sabah Security Command Intelligence Director Datuk
Ahmad Nadzer Nordin said at least 14 groups from Mindanao were involved in
cross-border kidnappings in Sabah.
According to Malaysia’s Star Online, has quoted in a
report by former Abu Sayyaf hostage and Mindanao State University lecturer
Octavio Dinampo allegedly implying that Hailil is “an intelligence gatherer for
Abu Sayyaf, whose main duty is to identify possible targets for the gunmen to
kidnap.”
