NO ransom was paid for the release of three Filipino and Korean engineers kidnapped in July 2018 in Libya, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said on Sunday.

"No money passed. Not a friggin' cent. What we had was far better; what we had and have forever were old friends abroad to help," Locsin said on Twitter to clarify reports that some quarters paid ransom to the abductors.

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