Teenagers help to nab fleeing detainees

Khairul Azhar Sabri (left), 17, and his friend Mohd Aliff Izani, 15, demonstrating how they caught a detainee who escaped from the Puchong police station three months ago. The boys, sons of policemen, received letters of commendation from PJ Selatan deputy police chief Asst Comm Muhammad Fuad Taib last month in appreciation of their bravery. The teenagers had overpowered the escapee at a drain near the station and subsequently helped in the rearrest of two other escapees. - STARpic by Azhar Mahfof

PETALING JAYA: When 11 detainees escaped from the Puchong police station lock-up here on July 3, it was the screams of two teenagers that alerted the police personnel on duty that Saturday night.