7 Salemba Prisoners Escape, Head of Corrections Division of DKI Jakarta Regional Office of Law and Human Rights Writes to Aceh Police and West Java Police

Head Of The Correctional Division (Kadivpas) Of The DKI Jakarta Ministry Of Law And Human Rights Regional Office, Tonny Nainggolan/VOI

JAKARTA - Head of the Corrections Division (Kadivpas) of the DKI Jakarta Kemenkumham Regional Office, Tonny Nainggolan, said that his party had sent a letter to the Aceh Police and West Java Police regarding 7 narcotics case prisoners who escaped from the Class 1 Central Jakarta State Detention Center (Rutan) or Salemba Prison.

"We wrote to the Aceh Police and West Java Police. We have asked for assistance from the police and informed the prosecutor's office and the court who are processing the case in question," said Kadivpas Tonny Nainggolan when confirmed, Wednesday, November 13.

Meanwhile, the security officers of Salemba Prison who were on night duty at the time of the incident were questioned by the Directorate General of Corrections.

"Almost all of the night guards who were on duty last night (at the time of the incident) have been questioned but are still in the rough form," he said.

Joint officers from the Corrections Department and the Police are also still checking and collecting CCTV footage around the location of the incident in order to pursue the perpetrators.

"We are investigating how CCTV can provide us with a picture, we are investigating," he said.

Previously reported, as many as 7 inmates of the Class 1 Central Jakarta State Detention Center (Rutan) or Salemba Detention Center, Central Jakarta, escaped from their cells on Tuesday, November 12.

The perpetrators escaped through the ventilation of the air vents and crossed the water channel culvert.

"The seven prisoners and drug convicts are suspected of escaping by breaking through the cell bars," said Head of Class I Central Jakarta Detention Center, Agung Nurbani, Tuesday, November 12.

Currently, Salemba Prison and Ditjenpas as well as the Police are pursuing the escaped prisoners and convicts.

"The Central Jakarta Prison together with the ranks of the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) and the police continue to pursue the 7 escaped prisoners and convicts," he said.