Inmates at-large after Lahat jailbreak

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Police continued their manhunt on Friday for four inmates who escaped from Lahat Penitentiary, about 300 kilometers southwest of here.

South Sumatra Police spokesman Sr. Comr. M. Sulaiman named the escaped inmates as Kliwon bin Daimon, 42, Jaya bin Rahman, 23, Junaidi, 35, and Rudian, 25. The four broke free after breaking open a prison door late on Wednesday.

They had been jailed for vandalism.

"They are still at large, we are hunting them down," Sulaiman said.

Warden M. Irawan Hadibrata confirmed the escape, but refused into go detail.

He only said that the incident had been reported to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in Jakarta.(33)