"It is true. They have been released. Thank God," Director for Citizen Protection Lalu Muhammad Iqbal said in a text message received by Antara.
According to AP, the three citizens - Hamdan Salim,
Subandi Sattuh and Sudarlan Samansung - were released on Friday with the help of Moro National Liberation Front, a rebel group that has signed a peace agreement with the Philippine government.
They were planned to be handed over to the Indonesian embassy in Zamboanga, Iqbal said adding "we would explain the details later."
The three were seized by a militant armed group while sailing near Sabah, Malaysia, on January 2017 and were then taken to their hiding place in a forest in Sulu, South Philippines.
Reporting by Yashinta Difa Pramudyani
Editing by Yoseph Hariyadi
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Reporter: Antara
Editor: Yosep Hariyadi
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