IN THE fourth incident of its kind since April, Sabah waters last Saturday saw another kidnap case that resulted in the death of a policeman and another abducted.
The Star/Asia News Network and Agence France-Presse reported that the shootout on top diving hotspot Mabul island, at about 23.00, involved six to eight masked gunmen believed to be from the Philippines’ Sulu islands.
The men are thought to have rowed into the area, climbed up the jetty of Mabul Water Bungalows Resort, and shot randomly at the restaurant, reception office and jetty office.
Home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told news agency Bernama the ambush was motivated by revenge and anger at the tightened control of Sabah waters by the Eastern Sabah Security Command (TTG Asia e-Daily, June 10, 2014).
The Malaysian security forces are hunting for the gunmen in the area.
