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Jakarta Police hunt for escaped rape, murder convict
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Rizal, aka Anwar, appears before the media in this 2015 file photo following his arrest over the rape and murder of his niece in Bogor, West Java. (Kompas.com/Kahfi Dirga Cahya)
P
olice are hunting down a rape and murder convict who escaped from the Salemba penitentiary in Central Jakarta by posing as a woman, donning female Muslim attire allegedly provided by his wife.
Cempaka Putih Police chief Comr. Iwan Gunadi said detectives were looking for Rizal, aka Anwar, 26, near his house in Bendungan Hilir and in the Tanah Abang area, both in Central Jakarta, as well as in his hometown of Kuningan, West Java.
"Our detectives are tracking down his whereabouts. We advise the convict to turn himself in. We also call on his family to help us find him instead of hiding him,” Iwan was quoted as saying by Tribunnews.com on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a spokesman with the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s Directorate General for Penitentiaries, Akbar Hadi, said Anwar had exploited a hectic day on Thursday, when only 50 guards were on duty to handle thousands of visitors flocking the prison to visit their relatives on the second day of Idul Fitri.
Rizal has been convicted of raping and murdering his 12-year-old niece in Jasinga, Bogor, West Java, on Oct. 23 last year. The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced him to life in prison. (dmr)
