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The Council of 15, the new central leadership of the Moro National Liberation Front, along with emissaries of Presidential Assistant for Mindanao Jesus Dureza and North Cotabato Gov. Emmanuel Piñol, is negotiating the release of Zhang Zhung Yi, who was snatched along with his interpreter, Edwin Lim, in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat last August.


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Tong Xiaoling, deputy chief of mission, said captive Zhang Zhung Yi will be freed even without them requesting the Arroyo government to seek the help of Libyan Ambassador Salem Adam.


Tong said they have not asked Adam to intervene in the negotiations for Zhang’s release.


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The victim’s wife, Vina, for the first time since her husband’s abduction in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao two weeks ago, appealed yesterday to the kidnap gang to release him without ransom.


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Negotiators hopeful Sino to be freed this week

October 9, 2001 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Negotiators are optimistic that the kidnappers of a Chinese national being held somewhere in Maguindanao will release him this week. The Council of 15, the new central leadership of the Moro...

Nation

Chinese consul confident about captive’s release

By Pia Lee-Brago and John Unson | October 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The consul general of the Chinese Embassy is confident that a Chinese engineer still being held captive by the so-called "Pentagon" kidnapping syndicate in Ma—guindanao, will be safely released soon. Tong...

Nation

Kidnapped Sino earning only P10,000 a month!

August 26, 2001 - 12:00am

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Kidnap victim Edwin Lim, who is still in the hands of his captors, along with Zhang Zhung Yi, is not a wealthy trader but an ordinary interpreter for workers of the Chinese construction firm...

Nation