Four foreign inmates escape Bali jail using tunnel

Record ID: 896089

  • Title: Four foreign inmates escape Bali jail using tunnel
  • Date: 19th June 2017
  • Summary: DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA (JUNE 19, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY **** POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN ROAD PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF KEROBOKAN PRISON POLICE VEHICLE OUTSIDE KEROBOKAN PRISON POLICE STANDING BY RIFLE/POLICE BUILDING SIGN READING (Bahasa Indonesia) "KEROBOKAN PRISON" BARBED WIRE MEDIA AND POLICE OUTSIDE PRISON TUNNEL IN GROUND PRISON OFFICIALS CHECKING TUNNEL TUNNEL PRISON OFFICIAL INSPECTING TUNNEL TUNNEL (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) BALI PRISON CHIEF SURUNG PASARIBU SAYING: "The officers and officials in the area are coordinating and everyone is on the move. All authorities have arrived to coordinate in order to apprehend the inmates." BALI PRISON CHIEF SURUNG PASARIBU SURROUNDED BY MEDIA
  • Embargoed: 3rd July 2017 08:16
  • Keywords: Bali prison escape inmate
  • Location: DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA
  • City: DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016LY0SW5
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANITY
    Four foreign and three local inmates escaped from Kerobokan prison on the Indonesian resort island of Bali using a tunnel, the head of the prison said on Monday (June 19) and a search has been launched to find them.
    Kerobokan Prison head Tony Nainggolan named the four foreigners as Australian Shaun Edward Davidson, Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov, Indian Sayed Muhammad and Malaysian Tee Kok King and said they escaped through a 12m (39ft) tunnel, which probably took about a week to dig. It had a diameter of 50 x 75cm (20 x30 inches) and was found filled with water, authorities said. Ten guards were on duty on Sunday (June 18) night when the escape is believed to have taken place.
    The four fugitives were serving sentences for different crimes, from immigration rules violation to drug crimes.
    The capacity of Kerobokan is 323 inmates, but it currently houses more than four times that number at 1,378, according to government data. Prison escapes are fairly common in Indonesia and authorities launched an investigation last month after around 350 inmates broke out of an overcrowded jail on Sumatra island in Riau Province.
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