MILF tasks men in Sulu to secure release of abducted Moro-Algerian sisters

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The leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has asked its political and military organs in the island province of Sulu to do whatever is necessary to secure the early release of Nadjova and Linda Abdelbasit, both of Maguindanao-Algerian origins, who were kidnapped by suspected 10-heavily armed Abu Sayyaf in village Liang, Patikul last Saturday, June 22.
However, Luwaran did not get details on how the instruction of the MILF leadership is to be carried out and where it came from the different levels of the Front.

The two sisters were shooting for an indie film about the Sultanate of Sulu when the abduction took place. Reports identified two of the kidnappers as Aljini Mundo alias Ninok Sapari and Bensaudi Mundoc, who are linked to “Lucky 9” group of the Abu Sayyaf.


An indie film is an independently produced film with a minimal shooting budget. The producers often must procure all of the financing, which means investing in the film themselves or finding outside backers. The director usually agrees to waive his or her usual union-mandated fee or offers to work for a percentage of the film's profits, if there are any. Similarly, the writers, production staff and actors involved all agree to work for minimal union scale wages or other compensation.

The victims were on board a passenger jeep enroute to Jolo after they came from Tambang village in Patikul. However upon reaching in the village of Liang in Patikul the Abu Sayyaf forcibly took them towards the forested part of the town.

The victims’ father was Ustadz Abdulbasset Bansil, now deceased, of Sultan Sa Barongis in Maguindanao, while the mother is an Algerian woman, whom the former married while he was studying in one of the universities in Egypt in the 60s and 70s. He was a former classmate of MNLF foreign affairs chair, Ustadz Abdulbaqui Abubakar, a close associate of MNLF chieftain Nur Misuari, and the late MILF Chairman Salamat Hashim.

Bansil, who also spoke English and French, was a member of the Shariah Bar in the Philippines. He was a highly travelled man, but remained not rich during his lifetime. The family has a meagre income to this day.