Gunmen kidnapped three Indonesians off Malaysia

Malaysia: Three Indonesian tugboat crew has been kidnapped by gunmen off Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah on Saturday.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the kidnapped.
Regional marine police said the tugboat with seven crew members, was in waters off the east coast of Sabah on Borneo island, about eight nautical miles from shore when it was attacked by armed men in a white boat.

"The suspects inquired who had their passports with them, and the three who did were taken into their boat, while the four who did not were left behind," marine police said in a media statement.

The five armed abductors spoke in Malay and the local Suluk dialect, the police added.

Indonesian foreign ministry in Jakarta said it had no information yet on the kidnapping.