AFP, Jakarta :
An Indonesian convict escaped from jail by putting on a woman’s Muslim veil, make-up and sunglasses and walked out past unsuspecting guards, an official said on Wednesday.
Anwar bin Kim An, who raped and murdered a schoolgirl, made the bold breakout from a Jakarta prison by quietly changing into a woman’s outfit allegedly smuggled in by his wife when she visited during the Muslim Eid holiday.
“The wife gave him the woman’s clothing and he just changed his clothes in the meeting room where all the inmates meet with their families,” Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyono told AFP.
“He put on some lipstick and later walked away as a woman accompanied by his wife and their two children.”
Prison CCTV footage obtained by local media showed the convict, in his 20s, walking out of the prison dressed as a woman and wearing sunglasses while holding one of his children.
Setiyono said Kim An managed to quietly change in the visitor’s room in the Salemba prison in central Jakarta as it was crowded and there were just a few guards.
It happened on Thursday last week during Eid, when many people typically pay visits to jailed relatives.
An Indonesian convict escaped from jail by putting on a woman’s Muslim veil, make-up and sunglasses and walked out past unsuspecting guards, an official said on Wednesday.
Anwar bin Kim An, who raped and murdered a schoolgirl, made the bold breakout from a Jakarta prison by quietly changing into a woman’s outfit allegedly smuggled in by his wife when she visited during the Muslim Eid holiday.
“The wife gave him the woman’s clothing and he just changed his clothes in the meeting room where all the inmates meet with their families,” Jakarta police spokesman Awi Setiyono told AFP.
“He put on some lipstick and later walked away as a woman accompanied by his wife and their two children.”
Prison CCTV footage obtained by local media showed the convict, in his 20s, walking out of the prison dressed as a woman and wearing sunglasses while holding one of his children.
Setiyono said Kim An managed to quietly change in the visitor’s room in the Salemba prison in central Jakarta as it was crowded and there were just a few guards.
It happened on Thursday last week during Eid, when many people typically pay visits to jailed relatives.
