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.
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.
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.
Malaysia and Thailand will further strengthen the existing
close bilateral cooperation in security matters and border management
along the common border areas, according to Malaysia ’s official news
agency Bernama.
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