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Police capture one of seven Sorong prison escaped inmates
The police on Tuesday recaptured one of seven inmates who escaped from a penitentiary in Sorong, Southwest Papua last week, identifying him as the mastermind behind the jailbreak.
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he police on Tuesday recaptured one of seven inmates who broke through the wall of a penitentiary in Sorong, Southwest Papua, last week, identifying him as the mastermind behind the jailbreak.
The inmate, identified as Akmal Ohorela, was arrested in a residential area in the city following a tip-off that at least two out of seven escapees were hiding there, said Sorong Police chief Sr. Comr. Happy Perdana Yudianto.
“But only one was there, and we immediately arrested him,” Happy said as quoted by Antara, adding that the house owner initially denied Akmal’s presence in the house.
Akmal was then taken to Sorong Penitentiary for questioning and to continue serving his sentence.
Penitentiary warden Manuel Yenusi told reporters on Tuesday that Akmal was “the one who broke through the prison wall, allowing fellow inmates to escape”, as reported by kompas.com.
Besides Akmal, a detainee held on motor vehicle theft charges named Adam Rematobi also played a role as the other mastermind behind the jailbreak.
Akmal, Adam and the five other inmates escaped the penitentiary around 4 a.m. on April 1 through a hole in the prison wall they made using a stainless steel spoon. The wall’s lower structure had weakened due to frequent flooding, enabling the inmates to break through.
