Sayyaf’s German hostages appeal for safe release

DECLARING that they fear for their lives, the two Germans who are being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Monday appealed to the governments of Germany and the Philippines to secure their immediate and safe release.

Stefan Viktor Okonek, 71, and Herike Diesen, 55, who were abducted at sea on April 25 while en route to Sabah in Malaysia from a holiday in Palawan, were allowed by their captors to make their appeal over Radio Mindanao Network station.