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December 27, 2012, Thursday
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AN Australian man held hostage by militants in southern Philippine jungles for more than a year has appeared in a video looking thin and haggard as proof that he is alive while negotiations for his release drag on.
Warren Richard Rodwell, who was kidnapped from his seashore house and taken by speedboat to nearby mountainous islands where the militants are hiding, said on the video that he was being held in isolation and knew little of what was going on around him. He said he understood there are negotiations under way.
"This video clip is to say that I'm alive. I am waiting to be released," he said, then added a few second later: "I personally hold no hope at all for being released."
"The people who are around me normally don't speak English. I understand something is happening but I don't know when. I do not expect to be released before the year 2013, at the earliest," said the 54-year-old, dressed in a black shirt and holding a copy of a local newspaper dated December 15 in front of a white blanket to obscure his location.
He said the recording was made the following day.
Philippine intelligence officials said yesterday that they believe the video, which has been circulated on YouTube, is authentic.
Warren Richard Rodwell, who was kidnapped from his seashore house and taken by speedboat to nearby mountainous islands where the militants are hiding, said on the video that he was being held in isolation and knew little of what was going on around him. He said he understood there are negotiations under way.
"This video clip is to say that I'm alive. I am waiting to be released," he said, then added a few second later: "I personally hold no hope at all for being released."
"The people who are around me normally don't speak English. I understand something is happening but I don't know when. I do not expect to be released before the year 2013, at the earliest," said the 54-year-old, dressed in a black shirt and holding a copy of a local newspaper dated December 15 in front of a white blanket to obscure his location.
He said the recording was made the following day.
Philippine intelligence officials said yesterday that they believe the video, which has been circulated on YouTube, is authentic.
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