Lui
KOTA KINABALU: President of Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KKCCCI) Datuk Michael Lui Yen Sang expressed his concern over yet another kidnapping of a tourist from China and a Filipino worker from a resort off Semporna on Wednesday night.
He said the abduction by armed intruders was a replay of the previous abduction, referring to the kidnapping of a Taiwanese woman off Pom Pom Island merely five months ago.
The victims, both women, were abducted from Singamata Reef Resort off Semporna by a group of armed gunmen on Wednesday.
Lui said the incident would certainly affect the tourism industry, in addition to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
He said both incidents would severely affect tourist arrivals from China in the Visit Malaysia Year 2014.
Lui said the fact that the armed gunmen could kidnap the women with such ease set off alarm bells on the security in the East Coast.
“Sabahans are indeed greatly disturbed over the security problems despite security measures were beefed up recently,” he said in a press statement yesterday.
On the other hand, Lui urged Sabahans to remain calm and called on Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) to be vigilant so that the incident would not recur.
Nevertheless, Lui expressed his support towards the government and the security forces in carrying out their duties to ensure the peace and security in Sabah.