Thursday, June 19, 2008 Immigration bureau orders probe on alien's escape By Ben O. Tesiorna
BUREAU of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Marcelino Libanan has ordered an immediate investigation on the escape of a Chinese national from the detention cell of the BI-Davao office.
Libanan said a team of agents under the guidance of lawyer Faizal Hussin, principal assistant for Mindanao, has been dispatched to look into the incident and determine who shall be held liable for the escape of Chalo Sy King.
King reportedly escaped from the BI-Davao detention cell early morning of June 15 by sawing off one of the steel bars with the use of a guitar cord.
BI jail warden Benjamin Genota said King could have planned his escape since the very first day he was incarcerated at the detention cell since the steel bar could not be cut overnight with the use of a guitar or nylon cord.
He said none of the guards heard any suspicious noise from King's cell.
Genota said King could have been aided by some of his visitors in his escape by supplying the guitar or nylon cord.
Unconfirmed reports reaching Sun.Star Davao showed that BI authorities are now investigating the suspected accomplices of King.
King was detained since March 2008 at the BI Davao office in Bajada for being an undocumented alien. He was earlier arrested in Butuan for fraud case and had served his sentence there, thus his turnover to BI Davao.
King entered the country in 2001 at Currimao Port in Ilocos Norte as fisherman and has never left the country since then.
