Abducted workers 'safe, in good health'

The seven Chinese workers of a fishing company who were abducted by gunmen in Cameroon last Friday are "safe and in good health," a Chinese embassy official in Cameroon confirmed to China Daily on Monday.

"The hostages are safe and in good health, and the embassy is trying its best to rescue the captives," said Peng Jingtao, a councilor with the Chinese Embassy in Cameroon. Peng refused to reveal details.

The seven Chinese nationals, who were working for the Dalian Beihai Fishing Company, were kidnapped off the Bakassi peninsula in southwest Cameroon early on Friday, Xinhua News Agency said.