Yang Zai LinKUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) -- The five men in military fatigues who abducted a Chinese national in Lahad Datu, Sabah, early today had a running gun battle with the police before fleeing into the waters of a neighbouring country, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin.
He said the gun battle took place in the waters close to Pulau Mataking after the police launched a manhunt for the kidnappers soon after the abduction.
"Two of the kidnappers were masked and two of them were armed, possibly with M16 rifles," he said in a statement.
Mohd Bakri said the police had intensified efforts to trace the kidnappers and free their victim Yang Zai Lin, 34, the manager of cage fish breeding company Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd in Silam, Lahad Datu.
The abduction of Yang, between 2.45 am and 2.55 am, came just over a month after a woman tourist, Chinese national Gao Hua Yun, 29, and a Filipina hotel employee, Marcy Dayawan, 40, were kidnapped from the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort off Semporna by seven armed men on April 2.
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