Sabah kidnapping: No ransom demand yet, say police

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin said the motive for the kidnapping was still being investigated.

"There are no new developments, no demand for ransom. And we're still looking into the motive.

"We believe the Chinese national has been taken to the southern Philippines," he told reporters after a Golf Tournament in conjunction with the 207th Police Day here yesterday.

He also dismissed the possibility of the case being linked to the earlier kidnapping at Singgahmata Adventures Reef and Resort in Semporna, Sabah on April 2.

"This is not linked to that case. We haven't identified the groups involved," he said.

Last Tuesday about 2.45am, five armed men kidnapped Yang Zai Lin, 34, who is from Guangzhou, China.

Whereas in Semporna, a Chinese female tourist and a Filipino resort worker were kidnapped by a group of men.

Queried about last Thursday's detention of an East African in Selangor suspected of being linked with the Al-Shabab terrorist group, Mohd Bakri said the case was still being investigated.

"Give us more time to investigate the case thoroughly as it involves certain individuals," he said.