For foreign tourists, the biggest risk is being kidnapped across borders.

In recent years, there have been many incidents of armed Filipino armed personnel entering the country, taking hostages, and shooting foreigners.

Just a few months ago, a Chinese Taiwanese couple was attacked by the Philippines *** armed attack on Boon Boon Boon Island in Sabah, the husband was shot and killed, and the wife was taken captive.

In April 2000, Filipino forces abducted 21 foreign tourists from Sabah, including 3 Germans, 2 French, 2 South Africans, 2 Finns, 1 Lebanese, 2 Filipinos and 9 Malaysians. After months of maneuvering with the rebels, the former president of the Philippines has not made any progress in rescuing the hostages. Later, under the mediation of Libya, the Philippine government resolved the hostage crisis with a huge ransom of 20 million US dollars.

According to public information, in the past 14 years, there have been 6 armed personnel hijackings in Sabah, Malaysia, of which 4 were locked up by the Malaysian police.

Li Moyang nodded, and had some basic understanding of Malaysia.

Fu Ming continued: "These kidnappers have fled back to the woods of the land where they have been kidnapped, which provides convenient conditions for kidnapping and maneuvering. ”

He went on to explain. The biggest feature of this area of Sabah is that there are many islands, and they are all scattered in the ocean, and it is relatively easy for kidnappers to smuggle by sea, often arriving in Sabah from the Philippines by a few speedboats. Semporna, a county in Tawau Province, Sabah, is a county in Tawau Province, Sabah, because it is relatively remote, tourists eat and live on the island, it only takes 20 minutes to drive a boat from the southern Philippines to here, if you live in a water house, the gangsters can drive the boat directly to the door of the water house, defenseless and unprepared.

When kidnappings are successful, the captors often flee back to the Philippines with tourists, because the dense vegetation and poor visibility of the tropical islands where they are entrenched, and the militants' familiarity with the local situation in Philippines make it easy for them to evade government forces. At the same time, they have also been covered by the local community, and the Philippine government has offered a $2 million reward for clues to their leaders, but to no avail.

Fu Ming concluded: "In general, the reason why Sabah is not safe is that it is a very uneven territory, and coupled with the cover of natural conditions, there are many cases of cross-border kidnapping of tourists. ”

Li Moyang asked: "What kind of organization is the Philippine armed forces that carried out the kidnapping?" ”

Fu Ming said: "Abu Sayyaf is armed and is considered to be the culprit in many kidnapping cases, including this incident!" This is not only a clear international perception, but also confirmed by our intelligence system. ”

In the many hijacking incidents of foreign tourists in the past ten years, the Philippine and Malaysian governments unanimously determined that the culprit behind the abduction was the Abu Sayyaf Group, which has long been entrenched in the southern Philippines. It is only 313 nautical miles from Zamboanga, an important town in the southern Philippines, to Sandakan Pier in Malaysia, and the Sulu archipelago, where the Abu Sayyaf organization has been active for a long time, is very close to the east coast of Malaysia, especially Semporna.

Abu Sayyaf, which means "sword bearer" in Arabic, was founded in 1991 by Filipino Abdullagak Abubakar Jangalani. He believes that the only way out for the revival of the Islamic movement is to vigorously promote Islamic fundamentalism, and even to use force at critical moments. Although its founder was annihilated in 1998, the group became even more brutal after his brother took over.

The Abu Sayyaf forces targeted mainly Christians and foreigners, and raised funds for the organization by demanding ransom from hostages. The Philippine military estimates that the number of Abu Sayyaf fighters has dropped from nearly 1,000 four years ago to about 300 today, and the United States and Philippine governments have added it to the list of terrorist organizations.

In the later stages of development, the Abu Sayyaf organization did not have a clear political appeal, and the kidnapping was for money.

Muslims in the Philippines, who make up 6% of the population, live in the relatively economically impoverished south, where several armed forces have been active for many years with the goal of establishing an independent Muslim state. The same is true of the original intention of the Abu Sayyaf organization. In recent years, however, some armed groups have reconciled with the government, but on the whole, the government's efforts to develop the south have been ineffective, and Abu Sayyaf's practice of kidnapping hostages for ransom has become an alternative to a barren economy.

According to the analysis of Malaysian anti-terrorism experts, although the Abu Sayyaf organization sometimes uses loud banners in kidnapping activities, such as "establishing an independent Muslim state", their fundamental purpose is only for ransom. As for the composition of the members, because the Philippines fought very hard in the eighties and nineties of the last century, some Filipinos went to Malaysia to beg for a living, and when the Philippines stabilized and then returned, some of these people joined the rebels, so the kidnappers spoke Malay.

Just for the sake of money, there is a plus and a disadvantage. The good thing is that the safety of the hostages is not at stake - money is not a problem. The disadvantage is that if one ransom demand is met, it will catalyze the next kidnapping, so the governments of Malaysia and the Philippines are quite entangled in the issue of whether to give a ransom.

Li Moyang asked: "Why are you a Chinese tourist again?" ”

Fu Ming thought for a moment and said: "The Malaysian Prime Minister believes that the kidnapping incident may be aimed at dividing the relationship between Malaysia and China. ”

Since the place of the incident is still in Malaysia, and the core figures of the incident still include Chinese personnel, the aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines incident has not yet ended, and now this kidnapping case has made China-Malaysia relations at the non-governmental level even worse.

Yesterday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is visiting Australia to coordinate the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, said that after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, there was another incident of Chinese tourists being kidnapped in Malaysia, so he was worried that the purpose of the kidnappers was to drive a wedge between China and Malaysia.

Unfortunately, 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia, and China-Malaysia relations are also good among Southeast Asian countries, at least from the government level.

Fu Ming unceremoniously pointed out: "There are some irresponsible Western media that have played a less honorable role and spread false news and rumors. The Western media have stirred up the fragile nerves of the passengers' families and attempted to sow discord between China and Malaysia. ”

Judging from the reaction of the Chinese people, it seems that the abduction incident has indeed provoked Sino-Malaysian relations.

Generally speaking, the kidnapping of a citizen abroad is a sad and anxious thing, and it is impossible to be cynical, if not concerned. However, when it happened in Malaysia, everything was different.

Li Moyang waved his hand: "These have nothing to do with me, I will find you, understand the situation, and inform you that I am going to save Luo Yan, even if I am alone, I have to go!" ”