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Indonesia urges action as high-seas kidnappings surge
Jakarta - Indonesia called Monday on Malaysia and the Philippines to do more to secure their "unsafe" waters after the weekend abduction of sailors by suspected Islamist militants.
Armed men in a speedboat kidnapped the three sailors late Saturday from a Malaysian-flagged trawler in Malaysian waters off Borneo island and took them towards the strife-torn southern Philippines, officials said.
The kidnappers were apparently targeting Indonesian citizens, as three Malaysian sailors and an Indonesian who concealed his nationality were released from the same vessel, the military said.
It takes to 24 the number of Indonesians kidnapped this year in the vital waterway between the three countries, with Philippine Muslim militant outfit Abu Sayyaf accused of being behind all the abductions.
"This kind of incident cannot be tolerated at all," said Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/indonesia-urges-action-high-seas-kidnappings-surge
