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Abu Sayyaf abducts Sino trader in Jolo By Gina Peralta-Elorde 05/01/2011

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Abu Sayyaf abducts Sino trader in Jolo

By Gina Peralta-Elorde 05/01/2011

A Filipino-Chinese businessman owner was seized by at least eight heavily armed men in Jolo, Sulu last Friday afternoon, police report said.

The victim was identified as Nelson Lim, 67, owner of Plaza Panciteria, a popular restaurant in Jolo and one of the town’s oldest panciterias. Lim also owns the Times Hardware.

Based on report, Lim was abducted by armed men around 5:30 p.m., last Friday near his house in Sitio Lambayong in Barangay Bus-bus, Jolo. He was dragged into a waiting old blue L-300 van.

The alleged get-away van used by the suspects was recovered by the police in Sandah village in nearby Patikul town..... MORE

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URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110501nat1.html

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