Various irregularities in the case of the escape of drug traffickers from Tangerang prison

TANGERANG, KOMPAS.com – There are a number of irregularities in the escape case of Cai Changpan, an inmate sentenced to death in a drug case from Tangerang Class I Prison, Banten.

These irregularities were revealed by the Vice President of Commission III of the Indonesian Parliament, Desmond J. Mahesa, when he was conducting a field search of the place where Cai Changpan, who was a Chinese citizen, escaped.

Desmond said the first oddity was that the prisoner was digging dirt from his holding room, but the dirt that had been excavated was not there.

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“First, it is impossible if people dig, there is no land,” he said in the statement received. Kompas.com, Wednesday (23/9/2020).

Desmond continued, what was even weirder was that a prisoner dug a hole with a size of approximately 20×30 centimeters and a vertical excavation of 3 meters.

“That doesn’t make sense, so digging down ten feet requires how much dirt (to remove),” he said.

Desmond also did not find any tools for the inmates to excavate the soil to a depth of up to three meters at that location.

“So like this worm man, the earth eats it,” he said.

Classified absurd

Banten Kemenkumham Regional Office Head Andika Dwi Prasetya said the incident of Cai Changpan’s escape from Tangerang Class I Prison was pointless. Andika said she would ask the Banten Regional Police to investigate the incident.

“I would like to ask the Banten police chief for help in a deeper and wider investigation to reveal this because it doesn’t make sense. He makes a talk,” Andika said.

He also said he would act decisively if someone was found to be involved in the escape of the death row in the drug case.

He said he had received an order to conduct an investigation to find out who was responsible for the incident.

“Later, if the results of the deepening show that there is accountability, of course those responsible will receive sanctions,” he said.

Check 4 prison officials

Andika Dwi Prasetya added that currently four people are being examined regarding the prisoner’s escape.

For more details, he said that he was still waiting for a report related to the investigation of the Limpets Tangerang Class I City Chief together with the police.

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“In its entirety, I can not provide information, I just saw the report, so far it is still being explored, it has not been completed,” he said.

Runaway prisoners are still being hunted. The police assisted in the pursuit.

He explained that the police had verified and continued to monitor the places that Cai Changpan might have visited after escaping from the Tangerang Class I prison.

“There are several possibilities that we believe, we can do the tracking as a family. Our family continues to be accompanied because the person can return to their family, ”she said.

Immediate execution to death

Andika said, Cai Changpan aka Cai Ji Fan aka Antoni would be executed if he was caught again. This step is taken if there is no legal process for a new case against the death row in the narcotics case.

Currently, Andika said, the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights has coordinated with the Police and the National Narcotics Agency to carry out prosecutions.

When asked why Cai Ji Fan was not assigned to Nusakambangan Prison, Cilacap after his case was legally binding. He replied that the results evaluation He previously indicated that the interested party is an inmate who does not have a high risk of escaping from prison.

“The reason was until he was running there evaluation that (Cai Changpan) is not included in the risk category, the method is a behavioral measure, “he said.