ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three Indonesian fishing crew were reported kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf gunmen off Sabah near the Philippine border and had been taken to the southern province of Sulu, according to Malaysian media.

The Malaysain media on Sunday said the three fishing crew were working for a fishing company in Sandakan and had been seized by 7 gunmen on the night of December 5 near Pegasus Reef, an area where four armed men also attacked a tugboat and wounded an Indonesian crew two days later in a failed abduction.