Police to help detect Malaysian Bali jail escapee

The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will assist to track down a Malaysian prisoner who escaped from the Kerobokan Prison in Bali Indonesia yesterday.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said police would be monitoring several suspected hideouts if the suspect attempted to enter Malaysia.

"Police will cooperate with the authorities in Indonesia by focusing on the main hiding places should the prisoner return to the country.

"Police will also monitor the suspect's hiding places in the country," he told reporters after a breaking of fast between Celcom and Kuala Lumpur Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department here.

Noor Rashid was commenting on the actions RMP would take if the Malaysian prisoner identified as Tee Kok King, 50, attempted to enter the country.

The media today reported that four foreign prisoners including Tee escaped via tunnel from a cell in Kerobokan Prison in Bali.

The three other prisoners are Australian Shaun Edward Davidson, 33; Dimitar Nikolov Iliev, 43 of Bulgaria and Indian national Sayed Mohammed Said, 31.

Commenting on the recapture of a male suspect in a robbery and rape case who escaped through the toilet of North Klang police contingent headquarters yesterday, Noor Rashid said police would be investigating if there was negligence on the part of police personnel in the incident.

"The standard operating procedure (SOP) is very tight to control detainees as we view every escape from police custody seriously. We will investigate and take further action," he said.

The 27-year-old Indonesian suspect was captured today in Kampung Baru Hicom, Shah Alam at 7am.

On June 7, the suspect was believed to have rapes a 34-year-old woman in a break-in with two other accomplices at a house in Kampung Rantau Panjang, Klang.

-- BERNAMA