+ Follow ZHANG AND LIM Tag
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[Title] => 2 Chinese captives in ‘good health’ — MNLF
[Summary] => COTABATO CITY — Kidnap victims Zhang Zhung Yi and Edwin Lim are both alive, "in good health" and are still being held captive by a notorious gang at the boundary of Columbio, Sultan Kudarat and Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, the central leadership of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said.
Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, a member of the Council of 15, the MNLF’s new central leadership, told Mindanao Cross that backchannel efforts are still underway for the release, without any ransom, of the two captives.
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[Title] => AFP vows to rescue Chinese hostage
[Summary] => Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva expressed confidence yesterday the military can soon rescue a Chinese worker and his Filipino interpreter still being held by Muslim kidnappers in Central Mindanao.
"We are hopeful we can get them back alive. We have already pinpointed the possible safehouse of the kidnappers and our operations are concentrated there so far," Villanueva said.
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[Summary] => Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva rejected yesterday a call to negotiate with Muslim gunmen even after they threatened to behead a Chinese and a Filipino hostage if they are not paid $10 million as ransom.
Villanueva told reporters the government’s policy is not to pay ransom for Chinese Zhang Zhung-yi and Filipino Edwin Lim who are being held captive by renegade members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on the border of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces.
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Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema, a member of the Council of 15, the MNLF’s new central leadership, told Mindanao Cross that backchannel efforts are still underway for the release, without any ransom, of the two captives.
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"We are hopeful we can get them back alive. We have already pinpointed the possible safehouse of the kidnappers and our operations are concentrated there so far," Villanueva said.
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Villanueva told reporters the government’s policy is not to pay ransom for Chinese Zhang Zhung-yi and Filipino Edwin Lim who are being held captive by renegade members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on the border of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces.
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August 23, 2001 - 12:00am
