Zamboanga City, Philippines - Muslim militants released a kidnapped official of a state college in the southern Philippines after 14 days of captivity, a regional police chief said Friday. Orlando Fajardo was released late Thursday in Lamitan City in Basilan province, 900 kilometers south of Manila, according to police Director Felizardo Serapio.
Serapio said Fajardo, a vice president of Basilan State College, was turned over by his kidnappers to Vice Governor Rashid Sakalahul in the village of Parang Basak.
Sakalahul said the family of the victim allegedly paid 100,000 pesos (2,150 dollars) in board and lodging fee, a euphemism for ransom, which was paid in installments.
The victim was seized by suspected al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf rebels on December 10 inside his house in nearby Isabela City.
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