Ikinatuwa ng Malacañang ang pagkakasagip ng tropa ng pamahalaan sa isang Vietnamese sailor mula sa kamay ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sa Basilan nitong weekend.

“Do Trung Huie is in high spirits and now in Zamboanga undergoing medical check-up and debriefing,” ayon kay Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella sa press briefing sa Malacañang kahapon.

Patuloy aniya ang opensiba ng pamahalaan para madurog ang ASG.

“All operations against the members of the ASG remain focused and intense, especially as they continue their acts of violence and terrorism, the most recent of which is the attack during a town fiesta in Maluso in Basilan,” dagdag ni Abella.