As the search for kid­napped cou­ple Der­rick and Clari­bel Tardieu con­tin­ued yes­ter­day, Op­po­si­tion MP Mar­vin Gon­za­les called on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to ex­plain what she meant by call­ing the US$2.5 mil­lion ran­som de­mand “fishy,” say­ing the com­ment was “in­sen­si­tive.”

Po­lice re­port­ed that Tardieu, 70, a busi­ness­man, and his 47-year-old wife were snatched from their Blanchette Bay, Monos Is­land home on Sat­ur­day night.

A fam­i­ly friend re­ceived a dis­tress­ing voice note from a cell­phone with a Colom­bian reg­is­tra­tion num­ber in­form­ing them of the kid­nap­ping around 9.44 pm. The mes­sage, which came from Der­rick Tardieu, said, “Dey have meh and want 2.5 mil­lion US for meh re­lease.”