Freedom for Sabah kidnapped victims?

The Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) continues to launch massive searches for the missing MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Suddenly, a Chinese tourist and a Filipino have been kidnapped from an island resort in Sabah. Both women are in southern Philippines. The kidnappers have contacted the relatives of the tourist, demanding a ransom of over US $36 million.
     There are many factors that affect security including long shorelines, isolated island resorts in Sabah and various rebel factions in the Philippines. There are overlapping claims for islands in the South China Sea.
     The Malaysian Government must try its best to free the hostages.