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| | Copycat gangs target ordinary folk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY—More and more criminals are copying the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu to cash in on the rebels' recent success in collecting ransoms. |
 | | Three such workers were seized on Tuesday morning in Patikul, Sulu, and a ransom of 1.5 million pesos (S$60,000) was demanded from their employer—half a million pesos for each—reported the Philippine daily paper, Today. |
 | | A handwritten letter from gang leaders Muin Sahiron and Adam Julhan to Hadjirul Mandangan, the owner of Mandangan Merchandising and Construction Inc, said they are holding his employees Samuel Ramillano, a driver, and Reynante de la Cruz and Nelson Habibas, truck helpers. |
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