(News Today) - Indonesian police are hunting 26 prisoners who escaped from a jail in restive Papua province on the weekend after most of their guards failed to report for duty, an official said Monday. The prisoners including robbers and rapists used a rope to scale a four-meter outer wall at Abepura prison in Jayapura district, on Saturday, Abepura prison chief Liberti Sitinjak told AFP.
“I'm extremely embarrassed. Our officers are not disciplined. Only three of the seven guards turned up for duty that day,“ he said. “The prison isn't properly secured... the wire fence separating the wall and building is damaged so the prisoners could run away easily.“
He said more prisoners were “waiting their turn“ to climb the wall when guards finally spotted them and put an end to the breakout. Eighteen other inmates escaped from the same prison last month amid reports of a bitter rivalry between wardens over who should be running the jail.
Police have set up roadblocks around Jayapura and along the border with Papua New Guinea in a bid to catch the escapees.
Source : kompas.com
Friday, June 11, 2010
Police Hunt Escaped Prisoners in Papua
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