Four detainees escape from paddy wagon

Four detainees escape from paddy wagon

BOGOR (JP): Four detainees of the Bogor prosecutor's office
escaped custody on Friday afternoon after they managed to break
loose from the paddy wagon, a source from the prosecutors' office
said on Monday.

"The four escaped when the officers were about to drop them
at Paledang Penitentiary after a court hearing on Friday at
around 4 p.m.," the source said.

Another detainee tried to escape but tripped and fell on his
head. He was rearrested with the help of passers-by.

There were four other suspects who were also sitting in the
same vehicle, but they did not take the opportunity to flee.

The four escapees, identified as Asep Supriatna alias Dono,
29, Manta, 25, Andi Heriandi, 26 and Asep Saepuloh, 18, managed
to force the door open and got out of the van when it was about
to cross a railroad track near Paledang Penitentiary on Jl.
Kantor Batu.

Asep, a resident of Leuwinanggung in Sukabumi, and Manta,
from Leuwiliang, Bogor, were both defendants in a vehicle-theft
case. While Andi Heriadi and Asep Saepuloh, both residents of
Bogor, were being charged with narcotics offenses.

The four reportedly had just attended the first hearings in
their respective cases.

"The vehicle's rear door was not padlocked and was only bolted
when the incident took place. I don't know where they got the
crowbar to break open the door," the source said.

The paddy wagon was only guarded by an official without any
police escort.

Intelligence Unit chief of the Bogor prosecutors' office Salim
Zikri refused to comment on the incident.

"I don't have the authority to make a statement. The
prosecutors' office chief Ms. Raminda Ginting and other officers
are at a working meeting in Bandung," he said. (21/edt)