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WITH EMISSARY OF KIDNAPPERS SET FOR TODAY KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) -- Mindanao Autonomous Muslim Region
governor Nur Misuari will start formal negotiations later Friday with the emissary of the
armed group which kidnapped 21 people in Sipadan island off Sabah last Sunday.
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) information chief Ibrahim Omar when contacted in
Manila today said Misuari was expected to meet the emissary at 4pm in Zamboanga City in
the Philippines.
"The emissary was supposed to have met with chairman Misuari this morning but it had
to be delayed to 4pm today," he said but did not give any reason for the delay.
Misuari had been mandated by President Joseph Estrada to establish contact and negotiate
with the kidnappers to ensure that the captives are released unharmed.
On the health condition of the 21 captives, Ibrahim could only say that the area, where
they were being holed-up, "lacked facilities".
Yesterday, Ibrahim said the victims were being held in Talipao, a municipality in the
province of Jolo in southern Philippines.
In last Sunday's incident, six men armed with AK-47 rifles and a bazooka kidnapped 10
Malaysians, three Germans, two French nationals, two Finns, two South Africans, a Lebanese
and a Filipino.
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