BALI / INDONESIA — Four foreign inmates being held at the notorious Kerobokan prison on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali made a daring escape on June 19 after apparently tunnelling their way to freedom. Two of the men have since been recaptured. <br /> <br />The escapees have been named as Australian Shaun Edward Davidson, locked up for using another man’s passport and forging a visa; Bulgarian Dimitar Nikolev, in prison for money laundering; and Indian Sayed Mohammed and Malaysian Tee Kok King, both convicted of drugs offences. <br /> <br />Indonesian authorities report Nikolaev and Mohammed were recaptured in Dili, East Timor on June 22. <br /> <br />Police say it appears the four escaped through a hole they opened in the ceiling of one of the cells. From there, they entered the septic system via a hole in a tank cover behind a communal toilet. The entry hole measures just 50 by 75 centimetres and the tunnel measures 15 metres to the far side of the outer wall. <br /> <br />The apparent escape hole was found just outside the western wall, in view of a busy street lined with cafes and other businesses. <br /> <br />On examination, police discovered the hole flooded with murky water and feared the men may have drowned. <br /> <br />However, discovery of a headlamp, buckets and other objects suggested success. <br /> <br />It has also been revealed that the tower nearest the escape site was unmanned at the time thanks to a chronic staff shortage. <br /> <br />Kerobokan is one country’s most over populated prisons. It was built to house just over 300 people, but today is home to 1,318. <br /> <br />And at the time of the escape, just 10 guards were on duty.
