The Sun Daily, 20 May 2016
SHAH ALAM: Police have expanded the search area for a 44-year-old prisoner who escaped while receiving treatment at the Kajang Hospital yesterday.
Selangor police chief Commissioner Datuk Abdul Samah Mat (pix) said the manhunt for the convict who was serving his jail term for a drug related offence is ongoing with help from various district search teams within Selangor.
"We are considering every possibility here. The prisoner might have escaped from Kajang to another district," Abdul Samah told reporters after attending the pinning of rank ceremony for police volunteer cops at the Selangor police headquarters here today.
"The prisoner might get an extension of his jail term for what he has done now," he said.
Abdul Samah also added that the prison department was in charge when the incident happened.
It was reported that the man who was wearing a red prison pants and a white t-shirt with his left hand in a plaster cast fled the hospital on a RapidKL bus at about 8.10pm yesterday.
On a separate case, police have also confirmed that the two random murders of victims in their cars are connected.
However, Abdul Samah said that he is unable to comment further on the motive as investigations are ongoing.
"Yes both cases are connected but I can't comment on the motive behind the murders.
"'My investigators are in the closing stage of their investigations," Abdul Samah told reporters.
Saravanan Gopal, 29, who was an administrative assistant with a local business newspaper was found murdered in a boot of a BMW in a mining pool in Puchong on May 8 while on May 5, a man was found torched in his car in Kajang.
Meanwhile, police have also arrested 10 individuals believe to be involved with the gang robberies in Jalang Gasing recently.
Abdul Samah said three out of the suspects arrested are directly linked with the parang-wielding robbery and rape of a 26-year old woman at her house here on May 6.
"All of them were arrested in separate raids conducted by police in Damansara, Bukit Jelutong, and Perak.
"The suspects are aged between 24 and 41 and the manhunt for the remaining suspects will continue," he said.
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