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ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Abu Sayyaf fundamentalist group renewed its threat yesterday to behead the men among the 29 hostages it is holding in a mountain hideout after President Estrada rejected its demands.

The hostages would either "go home without their heads" or "only their heads would be sent home," said Abu Asmad Sallayuddin, spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf, now known as Al Harakatul Islamia.

In rejecting the terrorists' demands, President Estrada said he would not compromise with them and that their leaders should be taught a lesson.

Earlier, the Abu Sayyaf demanded the r [DatePublished] => 2000-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87402 [Title] => Zamboanga mediamen denounce Abu Sayyaf [Summary] =>

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two media groups here denounced the Abu Sayyaf for threatening journalists critical of the Muslim fundamentalist group.

In a joint statement, the Zamboanga Press Club, led by Bernard Concepcion, and the city chapter of the Union of Journalists of the Philippines, led by Rey Luis Banagudos, said "freedom of speech, including its exercise through the mass media, is a fundamental right of every citizen in a democratic society..."

Mediamen, they added, "have a duty to report to the public whatever information they have in the higher interest of the people."

[DatePublished] => 2000-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806203 [AuthorName] => Alvin Tarroza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Abu Sayyaf fundamentalist group renewed its threat yesterday to behead the men among the 29 hostages it is holding in a mountain hideout after President Estrada rejected its demands.

The hostages would either "go home without their heads" or "only their heads would be sent home," said Abu Asmad Sallayuddin, spokesman for the Abu Sayyaf, now known as Al Harakatul Islamia.

In rejecting the terrorists' demands, President Estrada said he would not compromise with them and that their leaders should be taught a lesson.

Earlier, the Abu Sayyaf demanded the r [DatePublished] => 2000-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87402 [Title] => Zamboanga mediamen denounce Abu Sayyaf [Summary] =>

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two media groups here denounced the Abu Sayyaf for threatening journalists critical of the Muslim fundamentalist group.

In a joint statement, the Zamboanga Press Club, led by Bernard Concepcion, and the city chapter of the Union of Journalists of the Philippines, led by Rey Luis Banagudos, said "freedom of speech, including its exercise through the mass media, is a fundamental right of every citizen in a democratic society..."

Mediamen, they added, "have a duty to report to the public whatever information they have in the higher interest of the people."

[DatePublished] => 2000-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1806203 [AuthorName] => Alvin Tarroza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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