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| Indonesia: Kidnapped Briton Malcolm Primrose found safe | Indonesia: Kidnapped Briton Malcolm Primrose found safe |
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| Briton Malcolm Primrose, who was kidnapped in Indonesia on Tuesday, has been found safe, the Foreign Office says. | Briton Malcolm Primrose, who was kidnapped in Indonesia on Tuesday, has been found safe, the Foreign Office says. |
| UK embassy officials are with the 61-year-old oil engineer, who was seized while returning from a mine in the north Sumatran province of Aceh. | UK embassy officials are with the 61-year-old oil engineer, who was seized while returning from a mine in the north Sumatran province of Aceh. |
| Indonesian officials say an extensive hunt for his captors is continuing. | Indonesian officials say an extensive hunt for his captors is continuing. |
| A police spokesman said Mr Primrose was found early on Thursday and he is in good health. | A police spokesman said Mr Primrose was found early on Thursday and he is in good health. |
| Earlier, police had said the Briton, originally from Stirling, had made contact via telephone and his kidnappers had asked for a ransom. | |
| But the spokesman said no money exchanged hands, and police and the military were still looking for the men who had kidnapped him. | But the spokesman said no money exchanged hands, and police and the military were still looking for the men who had kidnapped him. |
| Officials there believe the motive for the kidnapping was a grudge against the Indonesian company Mr Primrose worked for, Medco Exploration and Production. | Officials there believe the motive for the kidnapping was a grudge against the Indonesian company Mr Primrose worked for, Medco Exploration and Production. |
| He and his driver were returning to their base camp on Tuesday when their car was ambushed by four armed men. The driver was tied up while Mr Primrose was driven away by the abductors. | He and his driver were returning to their base camp on Tuesday when their car was ambushed by four armed men. The driver was tied up while Mr Primrose was driven away by the abductors. |
| Aceh is a resource rich and strongly Muslim province that has had a history of separatist conflicts and spates of violence - sometimes targeting foreigners. | Aceh is a resource rich and strongly Muslim province that has had a history of separatist conflicts and spates of violence - sometimes targeting foreigners. |
| In 2009 there were shootings involving some foreigners but police say there have been no known kidnappings of Westerners in the province in recent years. | In 2009 there were shootings involving some foreigners but police say there have been no known kidnappings of Westerners in the province in recent years. |