CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editors Note: An image of the man is available via NSW Police.
Authorities are appealing for information as a search continues to locate a detainee who escaped from custody at Bankstown yesterday.
Michael Angok, aged 30, was transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to Bankstown Hospital yesterday (Wednesday 8 April 2026), where he escaped, running off shortly after 9.30am.
Police were notified and officers attached to Bankstown Police Area Command attended and with the assistance of specialist resources - SWM OSG, SCC Raptor, PolAir and the Dog unit - established a perimeter and conducted a search of the area.
A number of personal ite...