West New Britain Governor Sasindran Muthuvel confirmed that 39 prisoners escaped from Lakiemata on Oct 28.
Governor Muthuvel said the lack of logistics and manpower is slowing down the search.
He told this newsroom that with the additional manpower from the Mobile Squad 18, the search of the prisoners will be done quickly.
However, West New Britain Provincial Police Commander, Superintendent John Midi, is confident most, if not all the escapees, will be recaptured soon.
