| BE PATIENT AS GOVERNMENT TRYING TO RESOLVE
SITUATION, RELATIVES TOLD KOTA KINABALU, April 26 (Bernama) -- Deputy Home Minister Datuk Zainal
Abidin Zin Wednesday advised relatives of the 21 people abducted from Sipadan Island last
Sunday to be patient as the government is trying to resolve the situation.
He said the government was prepared to render appropriate assistance to them during their
time of crisis.
"The government does not view their problem lightly and hope that they will be
patient," he told reporters after opening a seminar on drug prevention at the
workplace, here today.
He said that so far the government had not received any new information on the captives.
Zainal said members of the security forces had enhanced monitoring operations in the area.
He said the government had also deployed more police and marine police personnel on the
resort island.
Zainal also said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had also directed more armed
forces personnel in particular the navy to help in the search and rescue operations.
Last Sunday, six armed men abducted 21 people including 10 foreign tourists from the
island, also a popular world destination for scuba diving.
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