A prison official disclosed Wednesday how much he received to help murder convict Gunawan Santosa escape jail last week, police said Wednesday.
Wahyudin was paid no more than Rp 2.5 million (US$278) to slip Gunawan copies of the keys to his cell and the block in Cipinang Penitentiary, East Jakarta, where he was accommodated.
He was reportedly expecting to be paid a lot more after the escape.
Gunawan also promised Wahyudin he would build him a telecommunications kiosk and a pool hall if his escape attempt was successful.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. I Ketut Untung Yoga said inmates were not allowed to keep cash in their cells.
"But each penitentiary has its own rules ... It is possible that prisoners have money and televisions in their cells at the Cipinang prison," he said.
Police said Wahyudin could face a maximum punishment of five years' jail for bribery or four years for assisting in the escape of a prisoner, under the Criminal Code.
However, the head of the penitentiary supervision and control department at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Sahbudin, said prisoners were not permitted to have valuables in their cells.
"It's impossible for detainees to keep money. Someone must have given it to him -- either his visitors or a prison guard, that's what the police must find out," he said, adding that prisoners could not have TVs in their cells.
Police are trying to ascertain who copied the keys. Wahyudin said they were made in a stall located near the prison.
Ketut said if the key maker knew about the jailbreak, he too would face prosecution.
Police have no further leads on Gunawan's present location. His mother's house in Taman Sari, West Jakarta, has been rented to four people who work at nearby malls.
They said their landlady was wealthy and rarely came to collect rent.
Taken from The Jakarta Post
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