KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia confirmed Thursday that a Chinese tourist and a Filipino resort worker had been abducted by a group of men from Pulau Singahmata near Pulau Bum- Bum in Semporna,state of Sabah of Malaysia.
Mohammad Mentek, director-general of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (EssCom), confirmed in a statement that the abduction happened at around 10:30 pm Wednesday, according to Bernama, Malaysia's state news agency.
"We leave it to the police to conduct further investigation and provide a full report," he said in the statement.