KUALA LUMPUR: Three crew members on a Malaysian fishing trawler have been kidnapped in waters where militants from the Abu Sayyaf terror and kidnap group have previously taken hostages, a security official said on Sunday.

The incident is believed to have occurred late Saturday off Pom Pom Island, a popular scuba diving location in the eastern state of Sabah.

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