51.   There is widespread distrust of police among families of kidnap victims, mostly wealthy Chinese, following reports that police and soldiers are involved in kidnap gangs.

52.   Kidnap gangs usually target wealthy ethnic Chinese as victims.

53.   Kidnap gangs usually target wealthy ethnic Chinese.

54.   Kidnap gangs also roam the island.

55.   Kidnap gangs have preyed mostly on members of the wealthy ethnic Chinese community here.

56.   Marohombsar is the alleged leader of the Pentagon Muslim kidnap gang operating on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

57.   Philippine troops have stepped up a manhunt for a kidnap gang holding a South Korean hostage on the main southern island of Mindanao, the military said Thursday.

58.   President Gloria Arroyo has ordered a crackdown on kidnap gangs, which have plagued her presidency and scared off potential foreign investors.

59.   President Gloria Arroyo has vowed to crush kidnap gangs and has created a special crack team to go after the criminals.

60.   Police on Tuesday arrested a member of a Muslim kidnap gang behind the abduction of a South Korean national in the southern Philippines.