KUALA LUMPUR: Kidnappers holding a Chinese tourist who was abducted from a resort on Malaysia’s Borneo island have made a phone call to her family in China, a senior security official said on Sunday.

The gunmen have communicated with the family of Gao Huayuan, 29, whom security forces believe is being held on Jolo island in the southern Philippines, Mohammad Mentek, eastern Sabah security command director-general, said.

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