Gone with flying colours

How hard could it be to locate a man dressed head to toe in purple, complete with handcuffs, in Padang Besar, Perlis?

Quite difficult, apparently. Cops are baffled as to how the suspected motorcycle thief had managed to escape the Padang Besar police station on Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Kampung Melayu, Padang Besar, after being brought back from the Kangar Magistrate Court, was having lunch with other detainees at the station when he excused himself to go to the toilet. When the man, dressed completely in purple lockup attire, failed to reappear, the cops checked and found him gone. They believe the suspect had walked out the back door and scaled the perimeter fencing behind the station to make his escape.

We wonder if anyone bothered to check the bike shed.