Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1000 GMT, Feb. 14

SEOUL -- Former Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Hak-soo was summoned by South Korean prosecutors for an alleged corruption involving former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday citing the prosecution office.

Prosecutors called on the former Samsung vice head to appear in their office in Seoul early Thursday for questioning over the alleged bribery charge embroiling former President Lee, whose five-year term ended in early 2013. (S. Korea-Samsung-Summon)

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines -- A Philippine government engineer was abducted Wednesday morning by the Abu Sayyaf militant group on his way to work in Jolo, capital town of Sulu, according to local officials.

The victim was identified as Enrico Nee, assigned with the Department of Public Works and Highways - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Sulu 1st district engineering Office based in Jolo town. (Philippines-Abu Sayyaf-Abduction)

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MALE -- The Chinese Embassy in the Maldives has refuted claims by former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed that China had been engaged in "land grabbing" in the Maldivian Islands.

Spokeswoman of the Chinese embassy Yang Yin said in a statement on Tuesday that the cooperation between China and Maldives was in the interests of both sides which could not be denigrated by one-sided individual remarks. (The Maldives-China-Refute)

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NEW DELHI -- The Indian government said it would spend up to 12 billion U.S. dollars over the next six years to overhaul the signalling system on its entire rail network.

"The contract for the entire 60,000 route km will be given in one go and companies will be encouraged to make in India," Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Hindustan Times newspaper. (India-Railway-Investment) Enditem