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Female trader escapes from Abu Sayyaf captors
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| 08/07/2003
| Roel Pareno
Posted on 08/06/2003 11:15:43 AM PDT by freepatriot32
ZAMBOANGA CITY A Chinese-Filipino businesswoman kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf members escaped after almost four months in captivity, the military said yesterday.
Marine products trader Gertrudes Tan, 50, eluded her captors in a coastal village in Maimbung, Sulu last Monday night, said Lt. Gen. Roy Kyamko, chief of the Armed Forces Southern Command.
Kyamko said Tan drifted into the sea using a small plastic jug as float until fishermen found her at about 2:30 a.m. the following day.
The fishermen brought her to the Maimbung town proper where she took a passenger jeepney that brought her to the capital town of Jolo. There, elements of Task Force Comet and Marines manning a checkpoint helped her.
Tan, who was abducted while on her way to church on Siasi Island last April 13, showed signs of trauma when she stepped out of a Nomad plane that fetched her from Jolo. Kyamko escorted her.
Clad in a yellow blouse and black pants and wearing slippers, she wept upon seeing her family at the Edwin Andrews Air Force Base here.
The military brought her to Sulu Bishop Antonio Lampon before she was presented to the Armys 104th Infantry Brigade for debriefing.
Kyamko, however, said Tans debriefing had to be postponed because she was suffering from trauma and was getting "very hysterical."
Tans captors initially demanded a P5-million ransom.
Regional Army chief Col. Alexander Yapching did not say if any ransom was paid for Tan, but last week, a relative of hers was shot dead in Jolo after handing over P700,000 to the kidnappers.
The Abu Sayyaf is an extremist group that has been kidnapping Christians and foreigners in Mindanao for over a decade and holding them for ransom.
It has been blamed for a series of deadly raids and bombings in the south as well as the murders of two American hostages in the last two years.
Both Washington and Manila have linked the group to the al-Qaeda terror network of Osama bin Laden. With wire reports
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: freepatriot32
...drifted into the sea using a small plastic jug as float until fishermen found her ...
Wow! That's one gutsy woman!
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:21:21 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
To: Bigg Red
...drifted into the sea using a small plastic jug as float until fishermen found her ... Wow! That's one gutsy woman!
One gutsy 50 year old woman!!
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:23:48 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: *China stuff; *china_stuff; *Clash of Civilizatio; *Far East; *inspiration_list; ...
PING
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:24:20 AM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(Heaven is weary, of the hollow words Which States and Kingdoms utter when they talk of justice)
To: harpseal; arete; RaceBannon; Southack
Female trader escapes from Abu Sayyaf captorsFREE TRADER ping.
Sorry. I won't do that again.
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:25:53 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: freepatriot32
That is an awesome story, tailor made for TV. I hope she sells her story for some great money, she would deserve every penny. Poor thing sounds like she will need some counceling for the rest of her life to get over the experience..
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:26:08 AM PDT
by
Paradox
To: freepatriot32
I hope she can locate the place where she was held.
As Kurtz says, "Drop the bomb. Exterminate them all."
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:26:51 AM PDT
by
dead
(Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
To: Bigg Red
I suppose she figured drowning is a better way to die than beheading, Abu Sayyaf's preferred execution method. G*d bless a very courageous lady.
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:27:33 AM PDT
by
katana
To: Lazamataz
Sorry. I won't do that again.Since when have I not appreciated a good line. I like this one particularly.
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:46:54 AM PDT
by
harpseal
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
To: harpseal
:o)
It's just such a horrible pun... that I had to do it. :o)
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posted on
08/06/2003 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: freepatriot32
Note two things from the Religion of Peace-niks:
- They kidnapped this woman on the way to Church
- They shot the reletive bringing them the ransom money
What would it take to eradicate these terrorists from these islands?
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posted on
08/06/2003 12:07:30 PM PDT
by
gridlock
(Remember: PC Kills.)
To: freepatriot32
No TAN, PING was never abducted
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posted on
08/06/2003 12:16:24 PM PDT
by
Greek
To: freepatriot32
A salute to a brave woman.
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posted on
08/06/2003 12:40:51 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: gridlock
There is EVIL and they are it!
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posted on
08/06/2003 1:37:24 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(All we need from a Governor is a VETO PEN!!!)
To: Lazamataz
It's just such a horrible pun... that I had to do it.Aren't all puns. They are called the lowest form of humor or near-humor. They normally invoke a groan. That said, yours did invoke a groan with an involuntarily grin accompanying it.
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posted on
08/06/2003 1:49:11 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
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