ZAMBOANGA CITY: Authorities on Thursday beefed up security in the southern region of Mindanao a day after a Chinese tourist and a Filipino hotel worker were abducted by gunmen in a Malaysian resort in Sabah.

At least five gunmen raided the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort on Wednesday night in Semporna town and abducted Gao Huayun, 29, a tourist from Shanghai. The gunmen also seized a Filipino woman working at the resort but her identity was not immediately known.

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