Police authorities in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have launched a land and sea search and rescue operations for a Malaysian fish breeder believed to have been abducted by his business partner.
Chief Supt. Bienvenido Latag, police director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, has ordered Chief Supt. Raul Boac, chief of PNP-ARMM sub-regional office in Sulu, to ensure the safety of the Malaysian trader whose alleged abduction was reported in the Malaysian newspaper The Star Wednesday.
According to The Star, fish breeder Pang Chong Pong, 47, was reported to have entered the country illegally through the Sitangkai island in Tawi-Tawi, the island town closed to Philippine-Sabah sea border.
He was reported to have gone to Sitangkai on October 5 to buy fish when four men, one of whom was his business partner, seized him.
Police said he was reported in the Sitangkai police as "missing."
Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali has already ordered the provincial police office to conduct search operations but to date, the efforts yielded negative reports.
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