The police pursue those sentenced to death who escape to the Bogor Forest. Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Cai Changpan, a man sentenced to death in a Chinese drug case, who escaped from Tangerang Class I Prison, is still being pursued by the police.

Police suspect Cai Changpan was trying to get rid of the trail by hiding in the Tenjo forest in Bogor, West Java.

“Information from some of the residents we have studied who are concerned goes into the forest there. In the meantime, we have several teams targeting there,” said Polda Metro Jaya Public Relations Chief, Police Commissioner Yusri Yunus at Mako Polda Metro Jaya, Jakarta, on Thursday (1/10 2020), as cited Between.

Yusri said the investigation team strongly suspected that Cai Changpan was hiding in the vicinity of the Tenjo area, because the place was not far from the home of the wife of the man sentenced to death in the drug case.

“After escaping from prison, he came to the Tenjo area at his wife and son’s residence in Bogor,” he added.

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In addition to continuing the persecution, Polda Metro Jaya and the Tangerang Kota Metro Police also published a People Search List (DPO) brochure that included a photo of Cai Changpan.

“Hopefully with the DPO and the distribution of the suspect’s photo so that the public can help provide information to our officers. That is our hope,” Yusri explained.

The brochure also includes the telephone number of the Tangerang City Metropolitan Police Satresnarkoba at 081253178671, which can be contacted by people with information about Cai Changpan’s whereabouts.

The police have examined at least Cai Changpan’s wife and 13 other witnesses.

According to witness testimony, Changpan, aka Cai Ji Fan, aka Antoni, happened to buy cigarettes after escaping down the sewer. He then returned to his home in the Tejo area.

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Cai Changpan managed to escape from Tangerang Class I Prison on September 14, 2020.

However, the leak was only discovered four days later, on September 18, 2020.

He managed to escape after drilling a hole from the room to the sewer which was estimated to be about 30 meters.

Based on the results of investigations of other inmates, it was suspected that Cai Changpan’s escape was planned about six months ago.

He escaped with his cellmate in a cell. Another fact, the tower warden admitted that he fell asleep when Cai Changpan fled down the sewer.

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Cai Ji Fan had also previously escaped arrest. He once escaped when he was detained in Bareskrim Polri on January 24, 2017.

Cai Changpan escaped by making a hole in the bathroom wall.

However, his escape did not last long because three days later he was captured again at his hideout in the Sukabumi area of ​​West Java.

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Dead sentence

Cai Ji Fan was sentenced to death on July 19, 2017 by the Tangerang City District Court (PN).

The death sentence was passed after Cai Changpan was found guilty of smuggling 110 kilograms of crystalline methamphetamine into the Banten region in 2016.

The death penalty was further strengthened by a decision of the Banten High Court with case number 68 / PID / 2017 / PT.BTN on September 27, 2017.

“He sentenced the defendant Cai Changpan alias Antoni to death. He ordered the defendant to remain in detention. Declare evidence,” quoted from the verdict on the Supreme Court website on Tuesday (9/22/2020).