Abdul Hamim Ab Hamid, better known as "Long Tiger", escaped from custody while attending trial proceedings at the Magistrate's Court in Tangkak, Johor, yesterday.

Tangkak police chief Supt Mohd Fadhil Minhat said the detainee of Rohingya descent fled at 11.55am, when he was in court for a case related to Section 388 of the Penal Code...