KOTA KINABALU: Sabah security forces are trying to ascertain how many sea gypsies were actually kidnapped from two fishing vessels in waters close to international borders off Lahad Datu on June 18.
Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) commander Datuk Hazani Ghazali (pic) said from what their Philippines counterparts told them after the rescue of nine of the victims on June 22, there was no one else held hostage.
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