Two Kerobokan escapees found in East Timor, Australian still on the run
Shaun Davidson is among four prisoners who have escaped from Kerobokan Jail in Bali. Photo: ABC
Two inmates who escaped from Bali’s Kerobokan prison on Monday have been captured in Dili, East Timor, while two others — including Australian Shaun Davidson remain on the run.
Indian man Sayed Mohammed Said, who is serving a 14-year jail sentence on drug charges, and Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolove Ilieve, who was sentenced to seven years for money laundering, were found on Thursday afternoon.
Bali police were en route to Dili to return the men to Kerobokan.
West Australian Davidson and Malaysian Tee Kok King remain on the run.
Bali police say the arrests are a result of cooperation with Interpol.
“Details on the arrest location and when they will be brought back to Bali will be given later, after I arrive in Dili,” the deputy chief detective of Bali’s police department, Ruddy Setiawan, said.
The four men escaped by digging a tunnel from the prison clinic to an outside wall. Photo: ABC
It is believed the four inmates escaped by using an old drain which was installed in the prison in the early 1990s. They had escaped from their cells through the ceiling.
Bali police and the jail authorities have said they do not know the whereabouts of the men’s passports.
The 10 guards who were on duty at the time of the escape have been questioned, along with more than a dozen inmates.
“I asked my staff and they said they had no idea the hole was there,” head of Bali’s prisons, Surung Pasaribu, previously stated.
Under Indonesian law, there are no provisions for an increase in prison sentences for those who escape prison.
Davidson was due for release in August, after being sentenced to a year in jail for passport fraud. He is also facing drug-related charges in Perth but failed to appear in court.
The ABC’s Foreign Correspondent recently filmed for more than a week in the overcrowded prison, which is also home to so-called Bali Nine members Matthew Norman and Si Yi Chen.
Australian Sara Connor is also jailed in the women’s section.
Built for just over 300 male prisoners, the jail holds around 1,300 inmates at any given time.
-ABC
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