Four escapees recaptured

JAKARTA: The police managed to recapture on Tuesday another four detainees out of the 17 who escaped on Monday morning from Bekasi Police station.

The four have been identified as Matsani, Doli Simanjuntak, Abdul Azis and Slamet, alias Bram, and were all apprehended in Bekasi, a police source said.

Earlier on Monday, police arrested two escapees, Yoyok Utoyo and Karnadi Usman.

The 17 inmates escaped from their police detention cell by sawing through the steel bars in the ceiling.

Last Friday, two detainees held at Matraman Police station in East Jakarta escaped, also after sawing through the steel bars of their cell. Visiting relatives had smuggled the saw into the cell by hiding it in a Bible. -- JP.