Two prisoners escape

Two prisoners escape

PADANG, West Sumatra: Two prisoners have escaped from Maninjau
Prison when warders were generous enough to allow them to make
coffee in the prison kitchen one night earlier this week.

Antara reported yesterday that the convicts scaled the
penitentiary's 3.5-meter walls after they had managed to divert
warders' attention.

Chief of the provincial office of the Ministry of Justice Ali
Amran Janah said the authorities had no clue as to the
jailbreakers' whereabouts.

The fugitives have been named as Siddik, 51, a farmer serving
eight years for rape, and Darlius Djoko, 36, a driver who got
four years for eloping.

He said the wanders on duty at the time of the incident would
be questioned.

Official statistics show that one of the seven prisoners who
escaped from West Sumatran prisons last year is still on the
loose. (pan)