13 guards quizzed over inmate escape

CIREBON, West Java: Cirebon Police personnel questioned 13 prison guards following the escape of three big-time criminals from the prison at dawn on Wednesday. The guards are being questioned as witnesses, said chief of Cirebon Police detectives Adj. Comr. Eka Mulyana.

In order to recapture the inmates, Eka said that Cirebon Police had also tightened security at the borders of Cirebon city, with police personnel checking cars leaving the city.

The three criminals, who were serving 12-year prison terms, escaped after sawing through metal bars and descending the prison wall with the held of sarongs tied together. -- JP