KOTA KINABALU: Gao Hua Yuan who was held hostage for nearly two months in southern Philippines has left for China.
The 29-year-old woman was flown to Kuala Lumpur where she is expected to connect a flight back to her home country.
Gao and Marcy Dawayan, 40, another hostage from the Philippines, were rescued in a joint operation between the Malaysian and Philippine authorities yesterday.
They were saved from the Jolo Islands at about 10.30am before being sent to Sandakan. Gao was flown here late last night before she took the morning flight to Kuala Lumpur.
There have been no word on Marcy but Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib had said she was safe in the state.
Gao and Marcy were abducted from the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort located less than 10 minutes by boat from Semporna on April 2.
A group of armed men made their way on to the resort built over a reef and grabbed the two at before fleeing towards international waters at about 10.30pm that night.
For nearly two months the two hostages were moved from one location to the other in the Jolo Islands by their captors before they were rescued in the joint operations.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had said no ransom was paid for their release and attributed the success to the cooperation between the Malaysian and Philippine authorities.
