The wife of one of the Indonesian fishermen recently kidnapped has received a call asking for a ransom of 4 million ringgit (nearly 1 million USD) to secure the release of the two victims, police said on September 25.
Indonesian fishermen were kidnapped by armed men on September 11 in the waters off Semporna, a town in Malaysian state of Sabah.
Philippine security force on March 26 rescued three Malaysian hostages who were kidnapped by the militant group Abu Sayyaf last July.
Philippine navy troops on March 23 successfully rescued two Malaysians held hostage by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for eight months in the waters off the southern Philippines.
Twenty-three Chinese tourists have been rescued after their boat sank off the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah, a local authority confirmed on January 29.
Malaysia has informed that the five sailors missing since last week were kidnapped by the Philippine insurgent group Abu Sayyaf.
The bodies of 11 climbers have been recovered from Malaysia's biggest earthquake rocking Mount Kinabalu, increasing the total bodies found sofar to 13, said Malaysian authority on June 6.
