BI LAUNCHES MANHUNT AGAINST ESCAPED WARD Manila, Philippines--- Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison today ordered all intelligence operatives of the bureau to locate and arrest an American national who escaped the bureau’s detention facility in Davao city Sunday morning. Mison likewise ordered a thorough probe into the reasons how Douglas Brent Jackson, an American national, managed to escape the BI holding facility at Davao City. Initial investigation showed that Jackson used a tool to saw off part of the window grill in the confinement area which allowed him to escape thru the building’s second floor. Commissioner Mison has issued a directive to conduct an intensive investigation on the incident, said BI spokesperson Elaine Tan. We will make sure all personnel who may have a hand on the escape are meted the appropriate sanctions. Tan said that the Commissioner likewise ordered a lockdown and a stricter enforcement of detention rules following the escape. The initial findings suggest that Jackson planned his escape and may have someone inside the bureau who helped him. Initial investigations show that Jackson cut off part of the window grill through the use of steel blades which may have been discreetly mixed with food items handed over to him by his visitors. Tan says that all visitors of detainees inside the facility will have to undergo stricter security protocols. It appears that Jackson carefully planned out the escape with the help of some friends from outside BI, continued Tan. Jackson was issued a summary deportation order on August 29, 2014 for being a fugitive in the USA for theft. The deportation order was not implemented because he still has a pending criminal case in Davao for estafa. He was transferred to the holding facility in Davao in order to facilitate the processes of the criminal case and to expedite actual deportation. We will beef-up security in our holding centers to make sure no similar incident will happen in the future, Tan said. “The BI will be relentless in the manhunt operation to regain custody of the subject at the soonest possible time.”
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:42:11 +0000
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