The Australian fugitive who earned infamy after busting out of Bali’s notorious Kerobokan Prison by crawling through a tunnel, Shawshank-style, has responded to Australian media saying he was not “taunting police” and is “definitely not a public threat.”
Under the Facebook account “Matthew Rageone Ridler,” which is widely accepted as belonging to Kerobokan escapee Shaun Edward Davidson, a status was posted yesterday, addressing headlines saying that the Aussie was mocking police.
Earlier this week, Bali Police were quoted as saying that they knew Davidson’s location and that they were “close” to catching the fugitive.
Bali Police Chief Petrus Golose additionally said that an orange alert had been put out through Interpol about Davidson, characterizing him as a serious and imminent threat to public safety.
But Ridler followed up, saying his location was “old news” and that everyone already knew where he was since he “checked in” on his account.
That’s when Australian media went wild, accusing the fugitive of mocking police.
The account has checked into a number of destinations, including Dubai, Amsterdam, and Germany, but police have said the check-ins are a hoax, just updates from proxies.
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Davidson was apparently even active on Facebook on another account while still inside Kerobokan, before escaping along with three other inmates from Bali’s Kerobokan Prison last month.
The Australian, who was serving a year-long sentence for using a stolen passport, was motivated to flee prison just 10 weeks before his release date because he would have been deported and was facing drug charges back home in Australia.
Two of Davidson’s fellow escapees have already been recaptured and sent back to jail, after they were picked up by police at a luxury resort in East Timor.
Malaysian drug smuggler, Tee Kok King, however, still also remains at large.
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