PHNOM PENH, Nov 8 (NNN-AKP) – Seven dangerous escapees are being sought, after breaking out of the Stung Treng Provincial Prison, in North-eastern Cambodia early today, said Major General Aun Sivutha, police chief of Stung Treng province.
The seven inmates were spending their prison terms, ranging from four years to life imprisonment, for drug trafficking and theft, he said.
“They first escaped from their prison cell and then, they used tools and sticks taken from a workshop, to make a hole in the prison’s concrete wall and escaped shortly after 3:00 a.m. local time,” Sivutha said.
“When our guards saw them escaping, they gave chase and fired warning shots, but could not stop them,” he said. “Currently, our authorities across the province are hunting for them.”
In Aug, four inmates broke out of the Southern Kandal Provincial Prison, while the guards locked them in a gym, but they broke through a fence. However, they were all recaptured soon after the breakout.
