THE two German tourists who went missing between the high seas of Palawan and Sabah sometime in April are in the custody of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a Manila-based intelligence officer disclosed on Monday.

The Germans, identified as Stefan Victor Okonek, 71, and Herike Diesen, 55, were taken by heavily armed ASG bandits while on their way to Sabah, Malaysia from Palawan.

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