This prison escape story is fishy as hell.
And in the week of cover ups and ass-covering, this walks, talks, and quacks like another one.
On Friday last week at 9am, an inmate escapes Mt Eden prison.
But the public isn’t told. No media release. No warning to the public. Radio silence.
Then on Tuesday, a media report pops up. It looks like a journo has got wind of this story.
Corrections then confirm a prisoner has escaped but they don’t tell us who or how or anything.
Was this guy a murderer? Is he a risk to the public? Why can’t we know why he is?
Four days on the run by that stage and they still hadn’t found him.
There’s some BS about safety being the top priority, blah, blah.
Then yesterday, a release goes out. They, finally, name him and put out a photo.
Six days after he escaped - they haven’t been able to catch him. They still don’t say if he’s a risk to the public.
His name is Paul Kyle Peekay Rehua.
A quick google search and you find out pretty quickly why they didn’t want you to know his name, and why they didn’t release it for six days.
Paul Kyle Peekay Rehua has escaped from prison before. In 2010.
That’s embarrassing for them, isn’t it?
I’ve been asking Corrections for an interview since the story broke. But computer says no. Why? Because there’s an internal review going.
So what? You don’t get to hide and cover up your mistakes and wait till the dust settles. You front up and own your mistakes.
When this guy escaped last time, Corrections immediately put out a release warning the public not to approach him as he was dangerous and had an extensive criminal history.
This time round, there has been no warning whatsoever.
Is he friendly now? Or are they, again, butt covering?
For God’s sake, take a leaf out of the Police’s book and front up.
The longer you leave this the dodgier it looks.
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Episode Transcript
This prison escape story, I reckon sounds fishy as hell
in the week of cover ups and ass covering. If
it walks and talks and quacks like something, then it
probably is. Remember if it walks like a duck and
it quacks like a duck, it's not looking good, is it. No?
I don't think this one's looking good. On Friday, last week,
nine am, and inmate escapes mounted in prison. The public
(00:21):
isn't told, no media release, no warning, radio silence. Tuesday,
a media report finally pops up, and it looks like
a journalist has actually got wind of the story. Corrections
then confirm a prisoner has escaped, but they don't tell
us who, how anything. Was the guy a murderer? Is
he arisk to the public? Why can't we know who
(00:41):
he is? I think they're legitimate questions. Four days on
the run and by that stage still haven't found him,
and there's some bs about safety being their top priority,
blah blah blah, but nothing about hey, look out, there's
someone on the loose. Then yesterday a release goes out.
They finally name this guy and put out a photo.
Six days after he escapes, they haven't been able to
(01:04):
catch him. And they still don't say if he's a
risk to the public. His name is Paul Karl piquet Riehu.
Quick Google search last night find out pretty quickly why
they didn't want us to know. Why they didn't release
it for six days. This guy has escaped prison before
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in twenty ten, but embarrassing for them, isn't it? And
I've been asking Corrections for an interview since this story
broke and computer says no, why because there's an internal
review going on. So what you don't get to hide
and cover up your mistakes and wait till the dust settlers.
Your front up and you own them. When this guy
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escaped last time, Corrections immediately put out a release. They
warned the public not to approach him. They said he
was dangerous, and they said he had an extensive criminal history.
This time round, no warnings whatsoever. Is he friendly now,
you know? Or are they again but covering God's sakes?
Take a leaf out of police's book and front up.
(02:07):
The longer you leave this the dodgier you look. For
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