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DOTC engineer kidnapped in Sulu – military


An engineer working for the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) was kidnapped in Sulu on Saturday night, the military said Sunday.   Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesperson, said Engineer Carlos Tee was abducted by seven armed men from his house in Jolo at 7:30 p.m.   The kidnappers fled using a yellow Toyota Tamaraw FX toward the Scott Road-Asturias direction, the military official said.   Authorities were still determining the motive behind the kidnapping as of posting time.   The kidnap victim works for the Air Transportation Office, an agency under the DOTC, and also owns a gas station in Jolo, according to Cabangbang. – Andreo C. Calonzo/KBK, GMA News

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