The Indonesian police said on Thursday that a Chinese prisoner on death row escaped by tunneling through the prison’s sewage system.
The prisoner named Cai Changpan, 53, was convicted for smuggling methamphetamine. According to media reports, he dug a 30-metre (98 ft) tunnel from his cell at the prison in Tangerang district, on the outskirts of Jakarta, into waste pipes and onto a road outside on early Monday (September 21) morning, the police said.
A manhunt is now on for the fugitive. Meanwhile, the Indonesian police is investigating whether there was negligence or the escape was planned with the help of authorities.
The authorities also plan to distribute leaflets and photographs of Cai to the public.
The prisoner was leaflets and photographs of Cai to the public. It must also be brought to the attention that this was not the first time that Cai had escaped from…