Kulai district police chief Tok Beng Yeow said both men were found within 24 hours in two separate locations in Jalan Felda Inas, Kulai.

Tok said both prisoners had discarded their lock-up uniforms and changed into jeans and T-shirts, believed to have been stolen.

“Acting on information, the intelligence and operations division of the Kulai district police headquarters rearrested Riki Rinaldi, 40, at a hut in a vegetable farm in Sengkang, Jalan Felda Inas-Kulai, at 10.35pm yesterday.

“The other escapee, Samirudin, 36, was nabbed at a hut in a vegetable farm in Taman Saga, Jalan Felda Inas-Kulai, during a raid at 10.40am today. Both escapees received light injuries as a result of jumping out of the van in their attempt to escape,” he said in a statement today.

Tok said the police had opened an investigation paper under Section 223/224 of the Penal Code which could result in a maximum prison sentence of two years or a fine, or both.

Earlier, the media had reported that police were conducting a manhunt for two Indonesian nationals who had escaped while on transit from the Kota Tinggi court to Ledang prison in Jalan Felda Inas, heading towards Sengkang, yesterday.

At the time of the incident, they were with two other Indonesian detainees on their way to serve a six-month jail term at Ledang prison after being charged under Section 5(2) of the Immigration Act 1959/63.

All the Indonesians had been arrested by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency officers as they did not have valid passports or documents to enter Malaysia.