Borneo Kidnappers Make Ransom Demand

Kuala Lumpur - Armed raiders who kidnapped six foreign workers from a Malaysian resort on Borneo this week have made a demand for an undisclosed ransom to secure the release of their hostages, local media reported Saturday.

An unidentified person, believed to be a local speaking in Malay, used a cellular phone to contact the police, the resort operator and the family of one of the hostages after the tiny riverside Borneo Paradise Resort in eastern Sabah state was hit by the band of 10 gunmen last Sunday.

Malaysian police chief Norian Mai confirmed the ransom demand.

“There has been contact for ransom of the hostages,” he was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times. He declined to comment further.

Police had earlier said the kidnapping of the three Indonesian and three Filipino workers was carried out by local criminals or "pirates" who may have had foreign help. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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