BEIJING: Three Chinese have gone missing from a gold mining area in the DR Congo's conflict-ridden eastern Ituri Province with military sources saying on Monday they may have been abducted.

Lt. Gilles Ngongo said Congolese soldiers were searching the area. The three missing men, working in the gold sector where China is heavily invested, may have been abducted by Codeco militiamen, Ngongo said.

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