Two escape from jail

PADANG, West Sumatra: Two convicts escaped from Pariaman prison at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday after they bent their cell bars, Antara reported yesterday.

Quoting prison sources, Antara said the jailbreakers, Amri, 33, and Sabar, 25, escaped by clambering the unguarded back walls of the prison.

Amri has been serving his two-year jail term since March for stealing two desktop computers from Pariaman's Bank Rakyat Indonesia. Sabar was sentenced to two years in prison in October last year for repeated thefts.

West Java justice ministry office chief Ali Amran Jannah confirmed reports of the jailbreak yesterday, saying he had summoned several prison wardens for questioning. (pan)