Kenn Klefford Lao –(Jolo, Sulu) is a 21 years old Commerce student of Notre Dame of Jolo College and a son of a prominent physician in the town of Jolo. Two months before he was kidnapped by some people in the area. They said that the abductors are members of the notorious Abu Sayyaf Group or (ASG), but there is no link yet as to the identity of the abductors.
During the kidnapping, he said he was going to meet his textmate, but few hours past and he was nowhere to be found. The driver said that he searched for the boy in the area but wasn’t able to see him. In the evening a mysterious caller said that he had the boy and asked for a ransom for the boy to be released.
At 8:45 pm on Wednesday, the boy was rescued from his abductors near the boundary of Indanan and Patikul in Sulu after two months in captivity. PNP chief said that they went on a mission at 7:30 pm upon receiving the report of a concerned citizen.
Good thing that the boy was rescued, after multiple cases of kidnapping in the town, people are afraid even to step in to the town of Jolo. The connotation is that many Abu Sayyaf members in the town and once there, one may be kidnapped.
I grew up in Jolo, it was when I am in college that I went to a near by city to study. I can still remember Jolo, many crimes were not solved. People are afraid, even the policemen are even afraid to catch criminals because of the possibility of retaliation to their own families. What more if you are a witness, you will just make your life short if you will talk.
I am glad that this town is improving. Hope their will be more people who can the change the image of this town. I salute those policemen who rescued the kidnap victim. You all did a great job.
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