7 Salemba Prison Inmates Cut Iron Bars of Room Then Crawl into Drain

Culverts, The Path Crossed By The Salemba Detention Center Detention Center/ Photo: ISt

JAKARTA - Seven prisoners and inmates of the Class 1 Central Jakarta State Detention Center (Rutan) or Salemba Prison are known to have escaped using sarongs tied to the cell bars to escape down.

The seven prisoners and inmates were previously languishing in room 16, Block S which is on the top floor of Salemba Prison.

"They went down using cloth, a kind of sarong. The sarong was tied for them to go down from the ventilation that had been cut down," said the Head of the Corrections Division (Kadivpas) of the DKI Jakarta of Law and Human Rights Ministry (Kemenkumham) Regional Office, Tonny Nainggolan to reporters, Tuesday, November 12, evening.

The escape of the seven prisoners and inmates was only discovered by prison security officers on Tuesday morning at around 07.50 a.m. Western Indonesian Time (WIB).

The results of the investigation, the perpetrators were known to have escaped from the iron grille ventilation that had been cut.

"After cutting the trellis, they went down using cloth as a tool and then entered the drain. (escaped) Through the drain," he said.

After being investigated, it turned out that the gutter led to the area outside Salemba Prison or on Jalan Percetakan Negara.

Previously reported, the Cempaka Putih Police Criminal Investigation Unit and the INAFIS (Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System) Team of the Central Jakarta Metro Police visited the Class 1 Central Jakarta State Detention Center (Rutan) or Salemba Detention Center on Tuesday, November 12, afternoon.

The arrival of the police officers was to conduct a crime scene investigation (TKP) at the location of the prison cells where the escaped prisoners were and other points.

From VOI's monitoring at the location, it was seen that the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Cempaka Putih Police, Commissioner Yossy Januar, was leading the crime scene investigation. However, the Head of the Unit was reluctant to provide information regarding the results of the crime scene investigation.

"The leader will explain later," he said briefly to VOI at Salemba Prison, Tuesday, November 12.

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