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Major manhunt underway after inmate escapes custody
Police deployed specialist units and urged the public to call Triple-0 if they see the 30-year-old, who was due to be deported.
- On Wednesday, 30-year-old immigration detainee Michael Angok escaped from custody after being transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, fleeing on foot shortly after 9.30am.
- Angok was in detention awaiting deportation after serving a two-year sentence for his role in the 2014 gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in a Doonside park. He had been released from prison in 2017 before entering immigration custody.
- A dense volume of NSW Police Force assets, including the Dog Squad and PolAir, established a search cordon around the area. Despite personal items being located on Gallipoli Road, authorities have not yet located Angok.
- Described as 175cm to 180cm tall with a thin build, Angok was last seen wearing a black hooded jumper, grey tracksuit pants, and white 'croc' sandals. Police urge anyone who sees him not to approach but to call Triple-0 immediately.
- Detective Superintendent Brett Van Akker said authorities are exhausting all opportunities to secure custody of the escapee. The Australian Border Force is working closely with state and federal police to locate him before he travels further.
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Search underway after immigration detainee escapes custody in Sydney's south-west
A search is underway for an immigration detainee who escaped from custody at a hospital in Sydney's south-west.Authorities are appealing for information as they continue to search for Michael Angok, 30, after he was taken from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to Bankstown Hospital yesterday.Angok allegedly escaped from the hospital before running off shortly after 9.30am.READ MORE: The super-K flu strain is spreading fast in AustraliaPol…
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