Freed Pinoys arrive from Libya, reunite with families


The three Filipino engineers who were freed after being held hostage in Libya last year have arrived in the country and have been reunited with their families, according to a Balitanghali Weekend report on Saturday.
Earlier, the Department of Foreign Affairs welcomed the release of three Pinoys who were abducted by militants in July last year.
In a statement on Saturday, the DFA thanked the United Arab Emirates, Libya, South Korea and other "friendly" countries in their efforts to free the Filipinos, as well as their Korean colleague.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. earlier said, "Now that they're safe it can be told; but the how, again I won't tell because, as Jack Nicholson said, "the public can't stand to know the truth" which will be imperiled in its hands."
"But to the powers that made it possible: Thank you, thank you. To meddlers: f**k you," Locsin added.
The UAE foreign ministry said the four Asians had been working on a desalination plant in western Libya, while reports last year said they were seized from a water project in the south of the country, Agence France-Presse reported.
The hostages were freed through joint efforts by Abu Dhabi and military strongman Khalifa Hafter's Libyan National Army, the Agence France-Presse added. —Jamil Santos/LBG, GMA News

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