JAKARTA, Indonesia – Fadli Sadama, an Islamist militant who broke out of prison during a July riot in Medan, has been recaptured in Malaysia and handed over to Indonesian authorities, media reported Tuesday (December 3rd).

"With the recapture of Fadli Sadama, all four terrorists who escaped have now been rearrested," national police spokesman Agus Rianto told reporters, according to AFP. In all, more than 200 inmates temporarily escaped Tanjung Gusta prison.

Fadli was detained in a joint operation between Indonesian and Malaysian police, Agus said, adding he had been brought back to Indonesia and was being questioned.

Malaysia initially deported Fadli in December 2010. In 2011 he was jailed in Indonesia for 11 years under anti-terrorism laws for his role in several bank robberies to finance terrorist activities, including one in 2010 in which a policeman was shot dead.

Anti-terror officials also accuse Fadli of having links with the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO) separatist group in Thailand's Deep South.

Fadli was also believed to have been a courier for Noordin M. Top, the late Malaysian bombmaker from Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who was the mastermind of several deadly bombings in Indonesia.