KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian police have confirmed that the three crew members of a fishing trawler who were kidnapped in waters off Malaysia's Sabah on Saturday are Filipinos, according to a report from Bernama, Malaysia's state news agency.
A Sunday report from Bernama quoted Sabah police chief Abdul Rashid Harun as saying that the three Filipinos were taken by a group of seven heavily-armed men during a fishing trip with 13 other crew members on Saturday night.
"During the incident, the seven masked abductors, carrying pistols and high-powered M-16 rifles, approached the ship on a speed boat and went onboard," said the report, adding the crew members were ordered to lie on the floor when the gunmen ransacked the vessel, which is Malaysia registered.
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