A blessing for prisoners!
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A news report says that in Aceh province of Indonesia, 63 prisoners left through an open gate after the recent quake of 8.6 magnitude that triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean. In fact, guards left the prison gate open during the tsunami alert. They became afraid remembering the 2004 tsunami in Aceh that killed 170,000 people in the province. But this time the province experienced a minimal damage due to the improvement in warning systems. And the tsunami alert has appeared as a boon for the prisoners. The police are now looking for the prisoners. We hope the Indonesian authorities would consider pardoning those prisoners who return to the prison on their own.
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