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2 itemsTopic: arrests and detention ✕Organisation: Keng Po ✕Event: Sukiman government's August raids ✕
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GA-01297 1951-08-20 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel A

Arrestaties in Oost-Java: Scherpe controle op de pers (Arrests in East Java: strict control of the press)

Arrests in East Java: strict control of the press

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 20 August 1951: reports the August 1951 mass arrests in East Java (the 'Razzia Agustus') of 26 people in Surabaya including journalists, PKI local chair Hutapea, Sobsi's Surono and Sutomo, and the Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham; 175 more arrested in Malang, Bojonegoro, Madiun and Kediri

GA-01360 1951-08-20 Trouw rel A

Weer tientallen arrestaties in Oost- en West-Java: Te Bandoeng bureaux van "Sobsi" bezet (Dozens more arrests in East and West Java)

Dozens more arrests in East and West Java: Sobsi offices occupied in Bandung

Trouw (20 Aug 1951) on the August 1951 arrests: 26 detained in East Java including journalists, the PKI branch chairman, SOBSI unionists and Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham; 50 communists arrested in Bandung and SOBSI offices sealed. Attorney General warns of tighter press control; 17 August passed quietly.