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>Subject:
> [beritamalaysia] M'sia: Have to consider ransom;
>Hostage-takers acquire
> fresh arms
> Date:
> Fri, 16 Jun 2000 01:13:53 +0800
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>http://www.lycos-asia.com/my/asia/philippines/000615113140.y7e7dynv.html
>
>Malaysia says hostage negotiators would have to consider ransom
>
>JOLO, Philippines, June 15 (AFP) - 19:31 - Malaysian Foreign Minister
>Syed
>Hamid Albar said Thursday that negotiators would have to consider paying
>a
>ransom to win the freedom of 21 mostly foreign hostages held by Muslim
>extremists in the southern Philippines.
>
>"In exceptional circumstances like this, there would have to be
>exceptional
>ways of dealing with such matters," he said when asked if Malaysia was
>willing to pay a ransom to break the impasse over the seven-week long
>saga.
>
>The Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, who snatched their hostages from the
>Malaysian
>resort off Borneo on April 23 and brought them to Jolo by boat, have
>demanded one million dollars for each captive.
>
>The Philippine government has maintained a no-ransom policy in past
>kidnappings by Muslim rebels but acknowledged paying so-called board and
>
>lodging payments to the captors.
>
>Syed Hamid, who arrived here late Wednesday for a two-day visit, said he
>
>felt the ransom had not featured yet in the talks between negotiators
>and
>the rebels.
>
>"I don't think ransom at present is one of the matters that is being
>discussed or considered," he said, after talks with Philippine President
>
>Joseph Estrada and Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon.
>
>Nine Malaysians are among the hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf
>Muslim
>extremist group in the southern island of Jolo.
>
>The other captives include three Germans, two each from Finland, France,
>
>the Philippines and South Africa, and one from Lebanon.
>
>Abu Sayyaf leader Galib Andang told a government emissary Thursday that
>the
>medical condition of 57-year-old German woman hostage Renate Wallert,
>who
>has heart complications and blood in her stool, had deteriorated.
>
>Frenchman Stephane Loisy, suffering from psychological distress, was
>"getting worse," Andang was quoted as saying by the emissary who visited
>
>the Abu Sayyaf camp.
>
>The Western hostages were separated from their Asian counterparts last
>weekend after reports of a military rescue attempt.
>
>Syed Hamid expressed regret that it had taken a long time to resolve the
>
>hostage crisis.
>
>"If you think of the effort made by the Philippine government, I think
>we
>are very happy. We are supporting that ... no complaints.
>
>"What everybody is talking about is the time that it has taken," he
>said.
>
>Siazon said Syed Hamid discussed with Philippine officials cross-border
>patrols, increasing entry and exit points for bilateral travel,
>cooperation
>of the armed forces, and ways of dealing with "undocumented" Filipino
>immigrants in the Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo.
>
>The possibility of establishing a Filipino consulate in Sabah's capital
>Kota Kinabalu was also discussed.
>
>Government negotiators were expected to return to here on Friday to
>resume
>negotiations suspended since Monday when Manila accused the Abu Sayyaf
>of
>making "impossible" demands.
>
>But the negotiators are to adopt a lower profile and avoid the
>"disruptive"
>glare of the media, Estrada's chief aide, Executive Secretary Ronaldo
>Zamora said in a radio interview in Manila.
>
>"When you have hostage negotiations, it would be better outside media
>coverage. It's not because we're hiding something, but it really becomes
>
>disruptive at times."
>
>Zamora said the gunmen, who style themselves as independence fighters,
>have
>exploited intense media attention to try to prolong the crisis and win
>more
>concessions from the government.
>
>Shielding the negotiators from the glare of the media spotlight would
>allow
>them to "really do something and not have their every move being
>announced,
>analyzed, or both sides being interviewed," he added.
>
>________
>
>http://www.lycos-asia.com/my/asia/philippines/000615065110.xv9dtq72.html
>
>Philippine hostage negotiators to adopt lower profile
>
>JOLO, Philippines, June 15 (AFP) - 14:51 - Philippine negotiators are to
>
>adopt a lower profile and avoid the "disruptive" glare of the media when
>
>they renew talks with Muslim extremists holding 21 mostly foreign
>hostages,
>a senior aide to President Joseph Estrada said Thursday.
>
>The government team is due to arrive in this southern island on Friday
>in
>hopes of ending the nearly two-month-old hostage crisis involving
>nationals
>from seven countries.
>
>Negotiations were suspended for four days Monday as Manila accused the
>Abu
>Sayyaf kidnappers of making "impossible" demands.
>
>"It would be better the negotiations were at the lower level, but you
>cannot do that if you have media tailing you," Estrada's chief aide,
>Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora said in a radio interview in Manila.
>
>"We do not think that the actual negotiations should be covered" by the
>press, he said.
>
>"When you have hostage negotiations, it would be better outside media
>coverage. It's not because we're hiding something, but it really becomes
>
>disruptive at times."
>
>Zamora said the gunmen, who style themselves as independence fighters,
>have
>exploited intense media attention to try to prolong the crisis and win
>more
>concessions from the government.
>
>Shielding the negotiators from the glare of the media spotlight would
>allow
>them to "really do something and not have their every move being
>announced,
>analyzed, or both sides being interviewed," he added.
>
>The gunmen want 21 million dollars in exchange for the captives, along
>with
>a set of political concessions including an independent Islamic state in
>
>the southern third of the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines.
>
>They are also demanding the "return" of the Malaysian state of Sabah to
>its
>previous rulers -- a Muslim sultanate based in Jolo.
>
>Filipino historians say the sultan of Sulu, which includes Jolo,
>acquired
>sovereignty over Sabah from the Sultan of Brunei in the 17th century.
>
>Manila contends that Britain illegally annexed Sabah in 1946 and turned
>the
>territory over to Malaysia after independence in 1963. The Philippines
>has
>not renounced its sovereignty over the territory.
>
>Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar was holding talks with
>Estrada
>and senior Filipino officials in Manila on Thursday.
>
>The hostages were snatched from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan
>on
>April 23. The group includes nine Malaysians, three Germans, two each
>from
>Finland, France, the Philippines and South Africa and one from Lebanon.
>
>Zamora said the government panel was expected to reopen a "humanitarian
>corridor" through which government emissaries have delivered food and
>medicine to the hostages throughout most of their 53-day ordeal.
>
>The corridor was shut down after Manila suspended negotiations on
>Monday.
>
>"We're obviously concerned about their health," Zamora said.
>
>An Abu Sayyaf demand that chief government negotiator Roberto
>Aventajado,
>an Estrada aide, be ousted from the government negotiating team, was
>rejected by the president.
>
>Zamora reiterated Thursday that foreign governments involved in the
>crisis
>should realize that "this won't be resolved immediately."
>
>Sources close to negotiations said the government team faced a difficult
>
>task in striking a balance between meeting the political and financial
>demands of different Abu Sayyaf factions. The rebels have five senior
>leaders, each controlling their own territory in Jolo.
>
>Aventajado was said to be inclined towards paying off Abu Sayyaf leaders
>
>but the effort was stymied by another faction which has been insisting
>on
>political demands, according to the sources.
>
>________
>
>http://thestar.com.my/online/newsreport.asp?file=/2000/6/15/nation/1507pkjo
>
>.
>asp&newspage=nation
>
>Thursday, June 15, 2000
>
>
>Cooling off period may be extended
>
>Reports by Muguntan Vanar, Ruben Sario and Philip Golingai
>
>JOLO: The Philippine government may extend the "cooling off'' period for
>
>the negotiations with Abu Sayyaf gunmen holding 21 hostages here.
>
>The move comes amid claims that chief negotiator Robert Aventajado's
>life
>is in danger.
>
>With the protracted talks at a standstill since Sunday, the Abu Sayyaf
>group was reportedly trying to initiate backroom negotiations with
>so-called "middlemen'' claiming to represent the countries of the
>hostages.
>
>
>Philippine executive secretary Ronaldo Zamora confirmed that
>Aventajado's
>life was in danger and said Abu Sayyaf gunmen were believed to be behind
>
>the threat.
>
>The assassination threat came after the gunmen demanded the removal of
>Aventajado as chief negotiator and be replaced by Zamora.
>
>On Monday, the Philippine government announced a "cooling off'' period
>of
>three to four days for its negotiating team's talks with Abu Sayyaf to
>secure the release of the hostages.
>
>However, President Joseph Estrada's press secretary Richard Puno said
>the
>suspension of talks had no deadline and any extension was the Philippine
>
>government's prerogative.
>
>Estrada yesterday directed the negotiating team to "exert all peaceful
>efforts for the release of the hostages'' as he again ruled out any
>military rescue attempt.
>
>A local English Philippine newspaper reported yesterday that the
>kidnappers
>were holding backdoor negotiations with a third party for the release of
>
>certain foreign hostages at a price of 300 million pesos (RM30mil).
>
>The newspaper, quoting a highly-placed source who is privy to the talks
>between the government and Abu Sayyaf, claimed the hostages were divided
>
>into groups to facilitate ransom negotiations with a third party.
>
>Puno said the frequent changes in demands of the Abu Sayyaf had made the
>
>government helpless in the conduct of the talks.
>
>"What can we do? Abu Sayyaf controls the pace of negotiations. They
>dictate
>when to talk and when not to talk,'' he said, adding that the talks had
>dragged long enough, raising concerns on the sincerity of Abu Sayyaf.
>
>________
>
>http://www.lycos-asia.com/my/asia/philippines/000615054105.3gu0u4yn.html
>
>Philippines hostage-takers acquire arms
>
>MANILA, June 15 (AFP) - 13:41 - Muslim extremist gunmen holding 21
>mostly
>foreign hostages in the southern Philippines acquired a fresh supply of
>munitions from abroad early this month, the military said Thursday.
>
>Twenty recoilless rifles, 10 mortars, plus assorted firearms and
>ammunition
>worth 7.6 million pesos (177,000 dollars) were smuggled into the
>Philippines near the southern city of Davao "sometime in the first week
>of
>June," according to a military report which cited an unnamed "reliable
>source."
>
>The shipment, which "originated from Vietnam," eventually made its way
>to
>Jolo where the Abu Sayyaf is holding Filipino, Finnish, French, German,
>Lebanese, Malaysian and South African hostages, it added.
>
>The captives were seized from the Malaysian resort island of Sipadan on
>April 23.
>
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