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Wednesday 23 Dec 2015 - 12:35 Makkah mean time-12-3-1437
Bernard Then Ted Fen (Pic: Asia News Network)
Kuala Lumpur (IINA) – Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the government will use diplomatic channel to bring back the remains of a Malaysian citizen who was abducted from Sabah and beheaded in southern Philippines, BERNAMA reported.
Zahid said efforts were being made to facilitate the family of Bernard Then Ted Fen to claim the remains.
"We want to bring back the remains as soon as possible ... we are organizing it," he told reporters here on Wednesday. Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said last Saturday that Philippine authorities informed that a DNA test confirmed that a head found on Jolo Island in southern Philippines was that of Then's.
Then, 39, who hailed from Malaysian state of Sarawak, was abducted by a group of gunmen from a seafood restaurant in Sandakan, Sabah, on May 14 along with Thein Nyuk Fun, 50, the manager of the restaurant. Thein was released on November 8, whilst Then was beheaded at a remote location in Jolo on 11 November.
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