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Australian Shaun Davidson in four-man Kerobokan prison breakout
Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa
19 Jun 2017, 4:38 p.m.
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An Australian jailed for a year for using another man's passport is among four people who escaped from Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.
Four foreigners - including Australian Shaun Edward Davidson - escaped from the prison via a tunnel.
Bali corrections chief Surung Pasaribu confirmed Davidson, who had just 2½ months of his one-year jail term left to serve, was among the escapees.
Australian Shaun Edward Davidson and the tunnel through which it is believed the Kerobokan inmates escaped. Photo: Supplied
Australian Shaun Edward Davidson and the tunnel through which it is believed the Kerobokan inmates escaped. Photo: Supplied
A source at Kerobokan jail told Fairfax Media the foreigners had last been seen at sahur - the term for the predawn meal before fasting begins during Ramadan.
"They are still investigating whether they escaped through the waste ground tunnel behind the clinic. It is filled with water," the source said.
The escapees included a Bulgarian, an Indian and a Malaysian.
Davidson was jailed for a year last August after he was found guilty of misusing a travel document belonging to someone else.
He had been due to face Perth Magistrates Court on January 28, 2015, charged with possessing methamphetamine and cannabis and two other offences.
When he did not attend, an arrest warrant was issued.
Shaun Edward Davidson waiting to be transferred to Kerobokan jail in Bali after being charged with possessing another person's identity and overstaying his visa in April last year. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Shaun Edward Davidson waiting to be transferred to Kerobokan jail in Bali after being charged with possessing another person's identity and overstaying his visa in April last year. Photo: Amilia Rosa
But instead of going to court, Davidson skipped the country, arriving in Indonesia on a one-month tourist visa
Davidson said he lost his passport. He said he had contacted the Australian passport office and reported his own missing, but then began using a passport under the name of Michael John Bayman, which Davidson said he had found in a hotel room.
Bali immigration authorities told Fairfax Media the passport had been reported missing by its real owner in 2013.
In an interview with Fairfax Media between the bars of a holding cell at Denpasar District Court last September, Davidson said the conditions in Kerobokan were bearable if one had money and support from the outside.
He said he had been expecting a "living hell" when he was incarcerated in April last year after being named a suspect.
Davidson had spent the year before he was apprehended boxing and partying.
But he came to the attention of authorities in March last year when he was staying at Rabasta Hotel in Kuta.
Ngurah Rai airport immigration officer Mohamad Soleh told Fairfax Media in April last year that a report was made of a foreigner staying in Kuta who was suspected of overstaying his visa.
When immigration authorities investigated, they found he had not only overstayed but was using a fake identity.
Of the other escapees Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov Iliev was jailed for seven years for money laundering, Sayed Mohammad Said was jailed for 14 years on drug charges and Malaysian Tee Kok King bin Tee Kam Sai was jailed for seven years on drug charges.
Sayed Mohammad Said was the last prisoner seen during morning prayers and again at 6.30am this morning.
The waste tunnel, through which the four prisoners are believed to have escaped, was 15 metres long and half a metre wide.
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Bali escape: Hole prisoners used to tunnel out could have been dug from outside in
By Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley
Updated June 21, 2017 23:37:05
Four mugshots of the escaped prisoners
Photo: Shaun Davidson is among four prisoners who have escaped from Kerobokan Jail in Bali. (ABC News: Ake Prihantari)
Related Story: Australian, three other men tunnel out of Bali jail
Related Story: Behind prison walls: Inside Bali's Kerobokan jail
Map: Bali
The hole used by four inmates to escape from Kerobokan jail could have been dug from either inside or outside the facility, according to the head of Bali's correctional facilities.
Police are still hunting for four prisoners, including one Australian, who were noticed missing on Monday.
Authorities have vowed to arrest the men, but acknowledged they have no idea where their passports are.
The head of Bali's correctional facilities, Surung Pasaribu said a member of the prison team went in and out of the tunnel to make sure no-one was inside and to confirm it was the escape route.
The tunnel where four Bali prisoners escaped through
Photo: The men dug a 50-by-70-centimetre hole that connected to a water tunnel. (Supplied: Ambros Boli)
There had been fears that the men may be stuck inside the muddied hole, which had filled with water.
Police used a number of other prisoners to check the hole and establish that no-one was inside.
Torch, clothes, digging tool found inside hole
Mr Pasaribu said the prisoners also used a drain that was installed in 1992 to make their escape.
"Where did the soil that they dug out go?" Mr Pasaribu questioned.
"There are two possibilities: it could be dug out from the outside or the inside."
A torch, clothes and a digging tool were earlier found inside the tunnel.
The torch was still on when it was found.
"The torch was inside the hole, after we dug it. It was found in the ground beneath the soil," Mr Pasaribu said.
Australian man Shaun Davidson was among the group. He was due for release in August after serving a year for using another man's passport.
Bulgarian Dimitir Nikoloen Iliev, Indian Sayed Muhammad Said and Malaysian Tee Kok Ming are also believed to have been involved in the escape plan.
The ABC's Foreign Correspondent program recently filmed Davidson as he trained fellow Australian inmate Matthew Norman in boxing.
Norman is not implicated in the escape.
Behind prison walls
For the first time ever a film crew was granted full access to Kerobokan jail, which sits in the centre of Bali's tourist mecca.
It is understood Davidson was apprehensive about his release and deportation back to Australia.
He is due to appear in Perth's Magistrates Court on pending drug possession charges.
The prison has contacted the Australian consulate and Davidson's mother. Both say they have not heard from the Australian.
The 10 guards who were on duty have also been questioned, but Mr Pasaribu said it remained unclear whether any of the officers had been involved.
"I've asked my staff and they said they had no idea the hole was there," he said.
Prisoners exited through ceiling, CCTV didn't capture escape
Mr Pasaribu confirmed the men had escaped their cells through the ceiling and some CCTV cameras were not working.
"We haven't recorded how many are broken," he said.
"CCTV was focused on the inside of the prison, we suspect they weren't moving above the ground but underground."
Mr Pasaribu said Kerobokan prison had never received the men's passports.
The whereabouts of the men is still unknown, three days after it was noticed they were missing.
Foreign Correspondent filmed for more than a week in the overcrowded prison.
Built for just over 300 male prisoners, the jail holds around 1,300 inmates. At any given time there are usually just four guards patrolling on the ground. Four others are based in the watchtowers.
"I hope everything is alright and for our foreign prisoners from Australia, Bulgaria, India and Malaysia: I hope you come back to Kerobokan so everything is alright," Mr Pasaribu said.
Under Indonesian law, if the prisoners are captured or choose to return, they will face no extra jail time.
A police officer stands over the tunnel exit hole the men escaped through.
Photo: The four men escaped by digging a tunnel from the prison clinic to outside the walls. (Supplied: Ambros Boli)
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Australian Shaun Davidson in four-man Kerobokan prison breakout
Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa
19 Jun 2017, 4:38 p.m.
Local Business
[Business Listings]
An Australian jailed for a year for using another man's passport is among four people who escaped from Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail.
Four foreigners - including Australian Shaun Edward Davidson - escaped from the prison via a tunnel.
Bali corrections chief Surung Pasaribu confirmed Davidson, who had just 2½ months of his one-year jail term left to serve, was among the escapees.
Australian Shaun Edward Davidson and the tunnel through which it is believed the Kerobokan inmates escaped. Photo: Supplied
Australian Shaun Edward Davidson and the tunnel through which it is believed the Kerobokan inmates escaped. Photo: Supplied
A source at Kerobokan jail told Fairfax Media the foreigners had last been seen at sahur - the term for the predawn meal before fasting begins during Ramadan.
"They are still investigating whether they escaped through the waste ground tunnel behind the clinic. It is filled with water," the source said.
The escapees included a Bulgarian, an Indian and a Malaysian.
Davidson was jailed for a year last August after he was found guilty of misusing a travel document belonging to someone else.
He had been due to face Perth Magistrates Court on January 28, 2015, charged with possessing methamphetamine and cannabis and two other offences.
When he did not attend, an arrest warrant was issued.
Shaun Edward Davidson waiting to be transferred to Kerobokan jail in Bali after being charged with possessing another person's identity and overstaying his visa in April last year. Photo: Amilia Rosa
Shaun Edward Davidson waiting to be transferred to Kerobokan jail in Bali after being charged with possessing another person's identity and overstaying his visa in April last year. Photo: Amilia Rosa
But instead of going to court, Davidson skipped the country, arriving in Indonesia on a one-month tourist visa
Davidson said he lost his passport. He said he had contacted the Australian passport office and reported his own missing, but then began using a passport under the name of Michael John Bayman, which Davidson said he had found in a hotel room.
Bali immigration authorities told Fairfax Media the passport had been reported missing by its real owner in 2013.
In an interview with Fairfax Media between the bars of a holding cell at Denpasar District Court last September, Davidson said the conditions in Kerobokan were bearable if one had money and support from the outside.
He said he had been expecting a "living hell" when he was incarcerated in April last year after being named a suspect.
Davidson had spent the year before he was apprehended boxing and partying.
But he came to the attention of authorities in March last year when he was staying at Rabasta Hotel in Kuta.
Ngurah Rai airport immigration officer Mohamad Soleh told Fairfax Media in April last year that a report was made of a foreigner staying in Kuta who was suspected of overstaying his visa.
When immigration authorities investigated, they found he had not only overstayed but was using a fake identity.
Of the other escapees Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolov Iliev was jailed for seven years for money laundering, Sayed Mohammad Said was jailed for 14 years on drug charges and Malaysian Tee Kok King bin Tee Kam Sai was jailed for seven years on drug charges.
Sayed Mohammad Said was the last prisoner seen during morning prayers and again at 6.30am this morning.
The waste tunnel, through which the four prisoners are believed to have escaped, was 15 metres long and half a metre wide.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-21/bali-kerobokan-prison-torch-found-hunt-for-escapees/8638914
Bali escape: Hole prisoners used to tunnel out could have been dug from outside in
By Indonesia correspondent Samantha Hawley
Updated June 21, 2017 23:37:05
Four mugshots of the escaped prisoners
Photo: Shaun Davidson is among four prisoners who have escaped from Kerobokan Jail in Bali. (ABC News: Ake Prihantari)
Related Story: Australian, three other men tunnel out of Bali jail
Related Story: Behind prison walls: Inside Bali's Kerobokan jail
Map: Bali
The hole used by four inmates to escape from Kerobokan jail could have been dug from either inside or outside the facility, according to the head of Bali's correctional facilities.
Police are still hunting for four prisoners, including one Australian, who were noticed missing on Monday.
Authorities have vowed to arrest the men, but acknowledged they have no idea where their passports are.
The head of Bali's correctional facilities, Surung Pasaribu said a member of the prison team went in and out of the tunnel to make sure no-one was inside and to confirm it was the escape route.
The tunnel where four Bali prisoners escaped through
Photo: The men dug a 50-by-70-centimetre hole that connected to a water tunnel. (Supplied: Ambros Boli)
There had been fears that the men may be stuck inside the muddied hole, which had filled with water.
Police used a number of other prisoners to check the hole and establish that no-one was inside.
Torch, clothes, digging tool found inside hole
Mr Pasaribu said the prisoners also used a drain that was installed in 1992 to make their escape.
"Where did the soil that they dug out go?" Mr Pasaribu questioned.
"There are two possibilities: it could be dug out from the outside or the inside."
A torch, clothes and a digging tool were earlier found inside the tunnel.
The torch was still on when it was found.
"The torch was inside the hole, after we dug it. It was found in the ground beneath the soil," Mr Pasaribu said.
Australian man Shaun Davidson was among the group. He was due for release in August after serving a year for using another man's passport.
Bulgarian Dimitir Nikoloen Iliev, Indian Sayed Muhammad Said and Malaysian Tee Kok Ming are also believed to have been involved in the escape plan.
The ABC's Foreign Correspondent program recently filmed Davidson as he trained fellow Australian inmate Matthew Norman in boxing.
Norman is not implicated in the escape.
Behind prison walls
For the first time ever a film crew was granted full access to Kerobokan jail, which sits in the centre of Bali's tourist mecca.
It is understood Davidson was apprehensive about his release and deportation back to Australia.
He is due to appear in Perth's Magistrates Court on pending drug possession charges.
The prison has contacted the Australian consulate and Davidson's mother. Both say they have not heard from the Australian.
The 10 guards who were on duty have also been questioned, but Mr Pasaribu said it remained unclear whether any of the officers had been involved.
"I've asked my staff and they said they had no idea the hole was there," he said.
Prisoners exited through ceiling, CCTV didn't capture escape
Mr Pasaribu confirmed the men had escaped their cells through the ceiling and some CCTV cameras were not working.
"We haven't recorded how many are broken," he said.
"CCTV was focused on the inside of the prison, we suspect they weren't moving above the ground but underground."
Mr Pasaribu said Kerobokan prison had never received the men's passports.
The whereabouts of the men is still unknown, three days after it was noticed they were missing.
Foreign Correspondent filmed for more than a week in the overcrowded prison.
Built for just over 300 male prisoners, the jail holds around 1,300 inmates. At any given time there are usually just four guards patrolling on the ground. Four others are based in the watchtowers.
"I hope everything is alright and for our foreign prisoners from Australia, Bulgaria, India and Malaysia: I hope you come back to Kerobokan so everything is alright," Mr Pasaribu said.
Under Indonesian law, if the prisoners are captured or choose to return, they will face no extra jail time.
A police officer stands over the tunnel exit hole the men escaped through.
Photo: The four men escaped by digging a tunnel from the prison clinic to outside the walls. (Supplied: Ambros Boli)
