For foreign tourists, the biggest risk is cross-border kidnapping.

In recent years, there have been many incidents in Sabah where Filipino armed personnel entered the country, took hostages, and shot dead foreigners.

Just a few months ago, a Chinese-Taiwanese couple was attacked by Philippine armed forces on Wenwen Island in Sabah. The husband was shot to death and the wife was kidnapped.

In April 2000, Philippine armed forces abducted 21 foreign tourists from Sabah, including 3 Germans, 2 French, 2 South Africans, 2 Finns, 1 Lebanese, and 2 Filipinos.

and 9 Malaysians. After months of dealings between the former president of the Philippines and the rebels, no progress was made in rescuing the hostages. Later, with the mediation of Libya, the Philippine government resolved the hostage crisis with a huge ransom of US$20 million.

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According to public information, in the past 14 years, a total of 6 armed hijacking incidents have occurred in Sabah, Malaysia. In 4 of them, Filipino armed personnel were identified as the culprits by the Malaysian police.

Li Moyang nodded and had some basic understanding of Malaysia.

Fu Ming went on to say: "The places where these kidnappers kidnapped were densely covered with islands, and the places where they fled were densely forested. This provided convenient conditions for kidnapping and dealing with people."

He went on to introduce that the biggest feature of Sabah is that there are many islands, which are scattered in the ocean. It is relatively easy for kidnappers to sneak across the sea. They often arrive in Sabah from the Philippines in a few speedboats.

What happened to Semporna this time?

, is a county in Tawau Province, Sabah. Because it is relatively remote, tourists eat, drink and live on the island. It only takes 20 minutes to get here by boat from the southern Philippines. If you live in a floating house, gangsters can drive the boat directly to it.

The entrance to the house on the water was unprepared and caught off guard.

After a kidnapping is successful, the kidnappers often flee back to the Philippines with tourists. Because the tropical islands they occupy have dense vegetation and poor visibility, and the militants are familiar with the local conditions, they can easily escape the search of the government forces. At the same time, they also obtain

Despite the cover of the local community, the Philippine government offered a reward of US$2 million for clues to its leader, but all failed.

Fu Ming concluded: "In general, the reason why Sabah is unsafe is that it is an uneven land. Coupled with the cover of natural conditions, there are many cases of cross-border kidnapping of tourists."

Li Moyang asked: "What kind of organization is the Philippine armed forces that carried out the kidnapping?"

Fu Mingdao: "The Abu Sayyaf armed forces are considered to be the culprits of many kidnapping cases, including this incident! This is not only a clear international recognition, but also confirmed by our intelligence system."

The hijacking incident in Semporna is not an isolated case. Among the many incidents of hijacking of foreign tourists in the past decade or so, the Philippine and Malaysian governments have unanimously determined that the culprit behind the scenes is the terrorist group that has been entrenched in the southern Philippines for a long time.

Armed: Abu Sayyaf Organization. It is only 313 nautical miles from Zamboanga, an important town in the southern Philippines, to Sandakan Pier in Malaysia. The Sulu Islands, the area where the Abu Sayyaf Organization has been active for a long time, is far away from the east coast of Malaysia, especially Semporna.

Very close.

In Arabic, Abu Sayyaf means "sword bearer". It was founded in 1991 by Filipino Abdulragak Abubakar Jangalani. He believes that the only way for the Islamic movement to revive is to

The only way out is to vigorously promote Islamic fundamentalism, and even use force at critical moments. Although its founder was annihilated in 1998, the organization became more brutal after his younger brother took over.

The Abu Sayyaf armed forces mainly target Christians and foreigners, and raise organizational funds by asking for hostage ransoms. The Philippine military estimates that the number of Abu Sayyaf armed forces has dropped from nearly a thousand four years ago to about 300 now.

The rest of the group has been included on the list of terrorist organizations by the US and Philippine governments.

The Abu Sayyaf organization, which has developed to a later stage, has no clear political aspirations and kidnappings are just for money.

The vast majority of Filipino Muslims, accounting for 6% of the total population, live in the relatively poor southern part of the country, where several militant groups have been active for many years. Their goal is to establish an independent Muslim state. The original intention of the Abu Sayyaf Organization

The same is true. But in recent years, some armed groups have reconciled with the government, but overall, the government's effect in developing the south is not obvious. Abu Sayyaf's practice of kidnapping hostages in exchange for ransom has become a substitute for a barren economy.

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According to the analysis of Malaysian anti-terrorism experts, although the Abu Sayyaf organization sometimes uses loud banners in kidnapping activities, such as "establishing an independent Muslim state," their fundamental purpose is only for ransom. As for the composition of the members, due to the Philippines'

There was a lot of war in the 1980s, so some Filipinos went to Malaysia to make a living. When the Philippines became stable, they went back. Some of these people joined the rebels, so the kidnappers could speak Malay.

Just asking for money has an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that the safety of the hostages is not at risk - problems that money can solve are not problems. The disadvantage is that meeting a ransom demand will catalyze the next kidnapping, so

The governments of Malaysia and the Philippines are quite torn on the issue of whether to pay ransom.

Li Moyang asked: "Why another Chinese tourist?"

Fu Minglue thought about it and said: "The Prime Minister of Malaysia believes that the kidnapping incident may be aimed at driving a wedge between Malaysia and China."

Since the incident still took place in Malaysia, and the core figures in the incident still included Chinese personnel, the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines incident has not yet been resolved, and now this kidnapping case has made the Sino-Malaysian relations even worse at the private level.

Yesterday, Malay Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was visiting Australia and coordinating the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, said that after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight mh370, another Chinese tourist was kidnapped in Malaysia, so he was worried about the kidnappers.

The purpose is to drive a wedge between China and Malaysia.

Unfortunately, 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia. The relationship between China and Malaysia is considered to be good among Southeast Asian countries. At least from the government level, this is indeed the case, and there is no room for discord.

Fu Ming bluntly pointed out: "There are some irresponsible Western media that have played a disgraceful role in spreading false news and rumors. The Western media added fuel to the flames, stirred up the fragile nerves of the passengers' families, and attempted to sow discord between China and Malaysia.

relation."

Judging from the reaction of the Chinese people, the kidnapping incident seems to have objectively soured China-Malaysia relations.

Generally speaking, when one's own citizens are kidnapped overseas, this is a sad and anxious thing. Even if one is not concerned, it is impossible to be sarcastic. However, when it happens in Malaysia, everything is different.
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