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| Inmates Overpower Soccer-Mad Officers |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 07/01/2002 |
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Nearly 50 inmates in soccer-mad Indonesia left officers red-faced when they broke out of jail just as their captors settled down to watch the World Cup kick off between Brazil and Belgium on June 17. Officials said 48 inmates overpowered some six officers, who were crowded around a television, and then fled via the front door from the prison in Pekanbaru city on Sumatra island. '(The officers) were just about to watch the kick off,' Marsono, secretary of the directorate general of correctional institutions in Jakarta. Brazil beat Belgium 2-0 to move into the World Cup quarterfinals. Police in Pekanbaru, some 950 km (540 miles) northwest of Jakarta, said 32 jailbreakers were still at large after they had rounded up 16 of the escapees. Marsono said the prison was overcrowded but insisted officers should not watch World Cup matches while on duty. 'They should not watch the games in the first place, even though it's rather understandable,' said Marsono. |
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