Salemba jailbreak a 'case of negligence'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Five men escaped from Salemba Penitentiary on
\nMonday morning by breaking through a wall near their cells.<\/p>\n
There has been no indication of collusion between prison
\nguards and the escapees. The escape appears to be a case of
\nnegligence, Minister of Justice Muladi said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Muladi told a news conference at the penitentiary in Central
\nJakarta that he had ordered the directorate general of
\ncorrectional institutions to look into whether any of the prison
\nguards were responsible for the escape.<\/p>\n
\"I've set up a special team to investigate this case. I've
\nalso asked related officials to thoroughly examine on-duty
\nwardens who were in charge at the time of the incident,\" he said.<\/p>\n
If proven guilty of negligence, the wardens could receive
\nadministration sanctions as stated in Government Regulation
\nNo.30\/1996 on the disciplining of state employees, Muladi said.<\/p>\n
\"We're doing the best we can to solve this case,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged that the poor state of Salemba Penitentiary
\nplayed a part in the escape of the five prisoners.<\/p>\n
\"The penitentiary is full, with 800 detainees, including those
\nawaiting court verdicts.<\/p>\n
\"I will give orders to transfer some of them to other prisons
\nas soon as possible,\" he said, adding that many detainees refused
\nto be moved from Salemba because they were afraid of receiving
\nrough treatment at other prisons.<\/p>\n
The five prisoners escaped from Salemba Penitentiary at about
\n3 a.m.<\/p>\n
The five men, who were being held on narcotic charges, were
\nidentified as Arifin Ibrahim, 26, Sulaiman Amin, 32, Zaini Hasan,
\n27, Syarifuddin Nasution, 37, and Parlindungan alias Rudi, 20.<\/p>\n
Arifin and Sulaiman later turned themselves in by contacting
\nrelatives who took them to prosecutor Rieka Tahalele, who was in
\ncharge of their cases.<\/p>\n
Arifin and Sulaiman were charged with possession of 17
\nkilograms of hashish and were to be taken for trial yesterday.<\/p>\n
But when guards went to collect them from their cells for
\ntransfer to court, both the suspects were missing. Arifin and
\nSulaiman claimed they were forced to join the escape by the other
\nthree men, who are still missing and have been declared fugitives
\nby the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n
City police spokesmen Lt. Col. Aritonang said the city police
\nwould work with the team from the Ministry of Justice to capture
\nthe three fugitives.<\/p>\n
\"Currently we're tracking them down. We are coordinating with
\nthe Ministry of Justice and hopefully the fugitives are still in
\nthe immediate vicinity,\" he said. (edt)<\/p>",
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