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Wake up Esscom! Posted: 05 May 2014 09:39 PM PDT This is really a good wake up call for Esscom, Sabah State Government and of course, Putrajaya. We understand how delicate it is to manage the security along Sabah shore line but something must be done, especially in beefing up our task force in terms of additional personnel and better equipments. I heard this from few officers who visited Lahad Datu and Semporna recently: "Some of those appointed (to Esscom) were busy looking for contracts, sir.... supplies, construction, etc..." Really? No wonder it leads to complacency! Barely 24-hours after pirates robbed fishermen in the waters off Tanjung Labuan, a Chinese national is believed to have been kidnapped from a fish farm in Lahad Datu's Silam, Sabah. News reports claim that gunmen grabbed the Chinese national, identified as Yang Zailin, who is a manager of Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd, a company operating a fish farm in the area, at about 2.45am on Tuesday. No further details were available as senior police and Esscom officials were at the scene and conducting follow up operations. It is believed that the gunmen had fled towards the southern Philippines. Last month, kidnappers grabbed a Chinese tourist and a Filipino worker from a Sabah island resort. Gao Huayun, 29, and Filipina resort worker Marcy Dayawan, 40, were taken from the Singamata Reef Resort in a late-night raid by a group of gunmen. The kidnappers based in the southern Philippines had demanded more than US$11 million in ransom for the Chinese tourist. The area off eastern Sabah is famed for its world-class scuba diving but also notorious for its lawlessness and kidnappings blamed on bandits from the Muslim southern Philippines. The Philippine military said last week that the Abu Sayyaf, a small band of Islamic militants infamous for their 'kidnappings for ransom', are the prime suspects. When security really matters, I believe our two key ministers should work hand in hand - Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Defense Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. All agencies under them should work cohesively to ensure that eastern Sabah's security is under our total control and not become a subject of 'testing ground' for pirates and intruders from other countries. Malu la! KOTA KINABALU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A Chinese national is believed to have been kidnapped from a fish farm in Lahad Datu's Silam in Sabah, hardly 24-hours after pirates robbed fishermen in waters off Tanjung Labian. Unofficial reports claimed that gunmen had grabbed the Chinese national identified as Yang Zailin, who is a manager of Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd, a company operating a fish farm in the area at about 2.45am on Tuesday. No further details were available as senior police and Esscom officials were at the scene and conducting follow up operations. It is believed that the gunmen had fled towards the southern Philippines. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/another-chinese-national-kidnapped-sabah-reports-20140506#sthash.qWFJSnVx.dpuf

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