Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the Government did not rule out Nur Misuari’s involvement.
“We are not ruling out that he has a hand in the incident,” he said via SMS. “We believe that he is amassing funds, including from ransom money to set up his own army.”
Dr Ahmad Zahid said the authorities believed that Nur Misuari was using different groups to negotiate for ransom.
Nur Misuari had on several occasions threatened to take revenge on Malaysia for handing him back to Manila after he fled the Philippines for Sabah in 2001 following a failed rebellion. Earlier reports suggested that he was working through his loyal former MNLF members in Sabah with kidnap gangs in Jolo to negotiate ransoms.
Apparently, Nur Misuari is hiding in the mountainous Patikul village in Jolo Island after his failed siege on Zamboanga.
There have been four high profile cross-border kidnapping cases involving Taiwanese, Chinese, Philippine and Malaysian citizens since the Eastern Sabah Security Command was set up last year.
“Our security forces will be more vigilant to detect the guerilla-like tactics used by terrorists to carry out kidnappings,” Dr Ahmad Zahid said. - TheStar
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