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Parents of kidnapped sailors make desperate appeal to gov’t
As the deadline for the ransom to secure the release of the four Sarawak sailors held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf militants draws near, parents of the abducted sailors have made a desperate appeal to Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem and the state government to come out with a solution urgently for their safe release.
It is understood that the kidnappers have set April 30 as the deadline to deliver to them a substantial sum of ransom which was believed to be in the millions.
One of the victims, Wong Teck Kang 31, had called his father in Sibu on April 12, just 10 days after the kidnapping on April 2 when eight gunmen boarded their tugboat near Ligitan Island, about 100km from Tawau.
The other seamen abducted were Teck Kang’s brother Teck Chii 29, Wong Hung Sing 34, and Johnny Lau 21, all from Sibu, Sarawak.
The families of the victims are totally devastated, not knowing what to do next to secure the release of their loved ones.
“We are so helpless, we cannot eat and sleep properly since the day of the kidnapping. It is our earnest hope that the government will help us in this hour of anguish and helplessness,” the parents said in a joint appeal.
The victims’ parents and family members had met Adenan last week to brief him on the situation as well as to seek his help to secure their release.
“A week has passed without any positive news. While we are disappointed, we are still desperately hanging on to the hope that the chief minister and the government will eventually come to our rescue
“We pray that CM Adenan and the government will respond quickly and let us know their plan within the next two days as the deadline to save our sons is approaching very fast,” the parents pleaded.
-By Philip Hii
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Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) is a non-profit organisation that was registered in 2007 to raise awareness for the importance of, and threats to, coral reefs..
Photos below are some of the work they are doing to help conserve Sabah's beautiful coral reefs.. This was done at 35 dive sites in Semporna region..
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Scuba Junkie helped sponsor, train and execute a huge Reef Check survey across 35 dive sites in the Semporna region last week with the WWf and Reef Check. These sites range from Mabul, Kapalai, Ligitan, Siamil, Roach reef and the Northern Islands. We trained a group of Eco divers and also had some volunteers from UMS, Gaya island and Reef Check and we have already completed the first half of the survey over 1 week. We will finish the 2nd week survey the 2nd half in Jan 2014 and the WWF will be presenting the findings to the government. We are the only reef check certified training center in this area and will also be conducting other training session for our Eco DMTs and our local DMs on the 15th of this month....