The Dhaka Times Desk Recently, the super typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, as a result of which the flood water reached the prison there, about 600 prisoners escaped from the prison, but among these escaped prisoners, 251 prisoners returned to the prison.
Haiyan has destroyed many houses in the Philippines and several cities have been reduced to rubble. Stormy winds and accompanying tides take your turn The region's prisons were flooded and about 600 inmates escaped by swimming to save their lives, but more than half of the inmates returned to prison.
Talking to the returning prisoners, it was revealed that their only intention was to save their lives during the storm and that they survived and went to their families and stood by their families in danger. When they were questioned, they said that we ran away to save our lives in the storm, but we do not want to run away, nor do we want to run away and spend our future lives as fugitive convicts.
Meanwhile, the jail authorities said that many of these absconding defendants were accused of murder cases and more serious charges. So the administration was very worried about these accused escaping from jail.
A defendant told the media about himself, "I know that I will not get any punishment in the trial for my crime because I am innocent so I don't want to escape from jail and be guilty, I want to go back to my family after being acquitted by the law."
Source: Ninemsn
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