| PHILIPPINE ARMY
GIVING TIME TO NEGOTIATORS TO RESOLVE KIDNAP CRISIS ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6 (Bernama) --
The Philippine armed forces said today that they are giving time for the negotiators and
kidnappers of the 21 hostages on Sipadan Island to come up with any positive development.
Its southern command spokesman, Col Hilario Atentido, told reporters here that the army
was concerned over the safety of the hostages abducted from the Malaysian diving resort on
April 23.
"We still have orders not to attack where the hostages are being held.
Our main conern here is their safety. So we can't just launch military operations against
them (the kidnappers).
"We are giving time for the negotiators to do their thing...but we are preparing for
any eventuality," he said.
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