A
new video of Warren Rodwell, the Australian national who was kidnapped in
southern Philippines last year, was posted on the video-sharing site YouTube.
Rodwell has expressed little hope that he will be released by his abductors who
are believed to be members of the notorious Abu Sayyaf bandit group.
In
the video, Rodwell said, "I do not expect to be released before the year
2013 at the earliest. I personally hold no hope at all for being released. I do
not trust Abu Sayyaf."
Rodwell
was shown holding the December 15, 2012 issue of the broadsheet Philippine
Daily Inquirer. The video was posted on December 25, 2012.
Rodwell
was abducted from his home in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, on December 5, 2011,
"This
video clip today is to say that I am alive. I am waiting to be released. I have
no idea what's going on outside. I'm just held prisoner in isolation,"
Rodwell said.
"I
understand there are some negotiations. I do not get any information, updated
information. The people around me normally don't speak English. I understand
something is happening but I don't know when," he added. Rodwell said he
does not trust the Abu Sayyaf and the Australian government: "I just don't
trust anyone. Personally, I don't care."
The
video ended after Rodwell looked at whoever was holding the camera and asked,
"Is that it?".
1 comment:
The one's who have gained out of the Warren Rodwell kidnapping crime are the terrorists and the local Filipina wife, who tried to trash the husband's reputation right from the get go. Strange that she kept using her maiden name after marriage. Why didn't she sell his house and the water filling station as she claimed, (but was quickly exposed to be untrue) to raise ransom money?
After release, the local Filipina wife said, "When I go there (to the hospital) I want to see him, I want to taking care of him, I want him to meet me but the guards said Warren don't want to see me in person,'' she said. Mr Rodwell was lucky to get out of this ordeal. Perhaps. He preferred to stay alive without her in the same country as him.
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