Malacañang on Friday said it has not received any reports concerning the ransom demand of gunmen who kidnapped two women from a resort island off Sabah last week.

Contrary to what Malaysian Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed on Thursday that the kidnappers were asking for P500 million as ransom, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said they were unaware of this.

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