Sabah & Sarawak

Fugitive caught 48 hours after fleeing Kepayan lockup

By DURIE RAINER FONG

Monday, 18 Dec 2023 | 5:47 PM MYT

The escaped detainee being taken away by plainclothes policemen.

KOTA KINABALU: A man who escaped from the central lockup in Kepayan on Saturday (Dec 16) has been rearrested some 48 hours later.

Police tracked the 33-year-old suspect to a forest reserve in Tuaran, some 40km from here.

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Tags / Keywords: Sabah , Kepayan , Lockup , Remand , Prisoner , Escaped , Rearrested , Tuaran , DCP Shahurinain Jais , Viral Video

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