Before Escaping From Prison, Cai Changpan's Death Sentence Inmate Takes A Cellmate's Cellphone

Illustration / Polda Metro Jaya Building (DOK. VOI) VOI)

JAKARTA - The search for Cai Changpan, a death sentence convicted drug case who escaped from the Tangerang Class I prison is still being carried out. Cai Changpan is known to have taken a cellmate's cellphone before running away.

"The person concerned (Cai Changpan) has already fled. He even brought the cellphone of a roommate," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Wednesday, September 30.

Because of this, the police will trace Cai Changpan's whereabouts by using technology. Later the IT team will detect the presence of the cellphone taken by Cai Changpan.

If the cellphone was still in his hand, it was likely that in the near future Cai Changpan's whereabouts would be discovered.

"So this is what we are doing deepening, we will continue to explore both from IT and the investigations we are doing, hopefully we will succeed in uncovering it as soon as possible," he said.

Cai Changpan alias Antoni managed to escape from the Tangerang Class I Prison on Monday, September 14. He escaped by making a hole in the wall and entering the sewer. In the cells were found shovels and several other tools that were thought to be used to escape.

Quoted from the Supreme Court (MA) directory, Cai Chang Pan alias Antoni was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court on July 19, 2017 for a drug case. This death row inmate then submitted an appeal to the Banten High Court on September 28, 2017, but was rejected.

Cai Chang Pan was found guilty of a case of methamphetamine drugs with 1,135 plastic packs of evidence. The total weight of methamphetamine is stated in the court decision to reach 135 kilograms.