Chinese Tourist Kidnapped in Malaysia; Beijing Expresses Concern

Armed men have kidnapped a Chinese tourist and a hotel worker at a diving resort in eastern Malaysia, where insurgents are known to be active. Malaysian police said the attackers took the two women in a late Wednesday night raid on the resort in Sabah state and escaped by boat to sea. It is not known who carried out the attack, but militants from the nearby southern Philippines have in the past conducted kidnappings in Sabah. Beijing immediately expressed concern at the reported...

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