ZAMBOANGA CITY – Malaysia has tagged an Abu Sayyaf group linked to previous kidnappings in Sabah as behind the latest raid and abduction of a Chinese tourist and a Filipino worker in a Sabah resort.

At least seven gunmen raided the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort in the town of Semporna in Sabah on April 2 and seized 29-year-old Chinese tourist Gao Huayun and Filipino resort worker Marcy Dayawan, 40.

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