Prisoners Escape Palembang

Palembang Police are on the hunt for 25 out of 30 detainees -- who

They escaped from their cells through the ventilation system early on Sunday.

all escapees had been detained in relation to drug cases.  
As of noon on Sunday, the police had caught five escapees.


 “We’re hunting down the remaining 25,”.


firm measures would be taken if
the 25 jailbreakers on the run defied rearrest.

Pictures and names of the remaining 25 escapees have been released.
his fellow detainees had escaped at 2:50 a.m. on Sunday.  

The officer later discovered that three cells housing drug detainees had been opened.

Out of 40 detainees, 30 escaped.  [dari …]
They found that iron bars covering the ventilation system were broken,
The broken iron bars forming a 30 by 40 centimeter hole.
he had yet determine the mastermind behind the jailbreak.

CCTV cameras at the detention center had not been working since May 1.  

“The five people that were rearrested were silent during interrogation.


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The Police have captured an escaped drug inmate named Fahmi -- who

He is believed to have been the mastermind behind a prison break last Sunday.

He was detained along with seven other inmates -- who

Other inhmate had fled through their cell’s ventilation system.
the breakout had been planned for a week.

The escapees destroyed iron bars using a hacksaw.


The iron bars cover their cell’s ventilation system
The tool was allegedly smuggled by the wife of a prisoner named Arif Hidayatullah, who

He remains at large.

His wife Indah has also been detained.


Indah had stored the saw inside a bag of food that

she gave Arif during a visit.

She revealed that police officers had not checked the contents of the bag.
In response to the claim, seven officers had been questioned so far.

They would be sanctioned if proven negligent.

the prison would also maximize the use of CCTV cameras.

a special task force would be deployed to hunt down the remaining 22 escapees.

“We continue to search for the fugitives, and

we call on their families to report to use if
they know of the escapees’ whereabouts,”