ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military on Thursday said Abu Sayyaf bandits have freed a kidnapped Indonesian skipper of a fishing boat in Sulu in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao.

It said the 38-year-old Herman Bin Manggak, who was snatched along with two others on August 3 in Sabah, was handed over by the Abu Sayyaf to the rebel Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) of Nur Misuari.

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