Mon, 15 Apr 1996

Jail breaker recaptured

DILI, East Timor: All but one of the eight prisoners who escaped in January during a riot in Becora prison near here have been recaptured.

Police found the seventh jail breaker Paul Jorge Amaral in Fatuhada last Friday.

Chief of the provincial office of the justice ministry Benny Matthaus said over the weekend that Paul has been sent back to his cell.

He called on the prisoner still at large to voluntarily surrender to the local police, Antara reported yesterday. (rms)