TEMPO.CO, Pekanbaru - Riau police are heavily guarding the borders around the region following another jailbreak in the nation, after the Tanjung Gusta riot. Eleven prisoners broke out from the Baloi Detention Center in Batam, Riau Islands, last Wednesday. The whole police force in Riau province has been deployed to help search for the fugitives.
Riau Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Adjutant Police Hermansyah said they are currently conducting raids along the borders of Riau, Riau Islands and North Sumatra to strictly monitor people leaving and entering the region.
"We already distributed the pictures and names of the inmates to police stations and departments in Riau," he said.
The police have also advised the community to report any unknown persons entering their neighborhood or village and report suspicious behavior to the nearest police station at any time of the day.
The following is a list of the names of the eleven detainees who escaped from the Baloi Detention Center in Batam:
1. Indra Kumar bin Idris
2. Riki Hidayat bin M Ali Thalib
3. Sufyan bin Abidin
4. Edi Priyantoro
5. Achyar Adli bin Djamali Ridwan
6. Ismail Piliang
7. Muhammad Darman
8. Yusnardi
9. Hendra Gunawan
10. Aguan bin Intan Syafii
11. Mulyadi bin Syarifuddin
RIYAN NOFITRA