Inmates allegedly helped Gunawan plan to escape<\/p>\n
Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Two inmates at Salemba Penitentiary and an ex-convict allegedly
\nhelped defendant Gunawan Santosa in his foiled escape attempt on
\nTuesday on his way from the prison to the North Jakarta District
\nCourt.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara said on
\nFriday that Gunawan arranged the escape plan with the help of Y,
\nan inmate serving a sentence for theft with violence and
\nembezzlement who was also supposed to escape with Gunawan from
\nthe Salemba.<\/p>\n
They both received help from M, an inmate serving time for
\ntheft, and an ex-convict Y who prepared facilities to be used
\nafter Gunawan and inmate Y managed to escape.<\/p>\n
\"Based on our investigation, there is a strong indication that
\nthe pistol (the .32 caliber Beretta) carried by Gunawan came from
\nthe penitentiary. A witness said that he had seen the pistol in
\nSalemba before Gunawan took it with him inside the paddy wagon,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Makbul declined to go into details, saying that not all facts
\nfrom the ongoing investigation were for public consumption.<\/p>\n
He refused to comment on the progress of the questioning of
\nthree North Jakarta Prosecutor's Office personnel -- Dadang,
\nPadmawinata and Sukrisman -- who have been named suspects in the
\ncase. The three were named suspects for deliberately not
\nhandcuffing Gunawan or searching him before getting into the
\nvehicle.<\/p>\n
Instead, Makbul only commented that if a criminal escaped from
\na police detention center, he would immediately investigate his
\nsubordinates instead of blaming other institutions.<\/p>\n
Shortly after Gunawan attempted to escape from the paddy wagon
\ncarrying him to the court on Tuesday, Attorney General's Office
\nspokesman Kiemas Yahya held a press conference to announce that
\nthe prosecutor's office had indeed requested the North Jakarta
\nPolice to escort Gunawan. However, no police officers were
\npresent to guard the defendant inside the paddy wagon. There were
\nonly the three personnel of the prosecutor's office including the
\ndriver.<\/p>\n
The North Jakarta Police later admitted that they received a
\nwritten request but it came too late, four hours after the foiled
\nescape attempt.<\/p>\n
Gunawan was scheduled to stand trial for premeditated murder
\nof his ex-wife's father Boedyharto Angsono, president director of
\nPT Aneka Sarana Bakti (Asaba), and his off-duty Special Armed
\nForces (Kopassus) bodyguard when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
Police claimed that Gunawan pointed a gun at the guard and
\nordered him to uncuff him before the two were involved in a fight
\nin which the gun went off, hitting him in the midriff.<\/p>\n
But eyewitnesses said that Gunawan fell from the vehicle, hit
\nhis head on the asphalt and fell unconscious. They claimed they
\ndid not see blood stains on Gunawan's shirt and his hands were
\nnot handcuffed when he was taken unconscious to a nearby clinic.<\/p>\n
As of Friday, Gunawan was still being treated at Soekanto
\nPolice Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta. He underwent
\nsurgery on Wednesday to remove a bullet from his midriff. Police
\nconfirmed that the bullet came from a .32 caliber Beretta.<\/p>",
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