Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said authorities will conduct proper investigations in relation to the prison breakout last Monday.
Commodore Bainimarama said the authorities are targeting possible accomplices both inside and outside the prison.
He said anyone who harboured these escapees and assisted them in any way is also in serious trouble.
The Prime Minister said investigations are already underway into allegations that the breakout was assisted by some within the prison system.
Commodore Bainimarama said if this was the case, then this is a grave breakdown of prison discipline and he said the authorities will leave no stone unturned getting to the bottom of it.
He has also urged the last prison escapee, Isoa Waqa to turn himself in to police.
30-year-old Waqa was serving an 8 year sentence for robbery with violence.
The last prison escapee has been urged to turn himself in by the Prime Minister.
Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said every effort is being made to catch Isoa Waqa and the Prime Minister said he shares the community’s outrage at the circumstances of the escape and the fear sparked after the series of robberies that followed.
He added he will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order especially when people are being terrorised.
Commodore Bainimarama has also praised the collaboration between police, the military and the Corrections officers that led to the speedy capture of four escapees.
Meanwhile, Chief of Operations ACP Rusiate Tudravu has confirmed that two people who were taken into custody for allegedly harbouring the prisoners will be appearing in the Suva Magistrates Court today.
These two were caught near Uduya Point where the four prisoners were captured.
Three people who were allegedly involved in the BSP Samabula branch robbery last week will also be appearing in court today.
It is also confirmed that two of these three people allegedly assisted the prisoners to escape from Naboro Medium facility on Monday night.
The four prisoners who were caught on Friday are still being questioned.
28-year-old Solomoni Qurai who was serving a life sentence for burglary and murder, 29-year-old Tevita Sugu who was serving a 13 year sentence for aggravated robbery, 25-year-old Josaia Usumaki who was serving a 26 year sentence for robbery with violence and related offences and 30-year-old Epeli Qaraniqio who was serving 8 years for robbery with violence were caught near the bushes in Uduya Point.
Police checkpoints have been set up at various locations as the hunt continues for Waqa.
Story by: Vijay Narayan & Khusboo Singh
