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GA-01506 1965-10-15 South China Morning Post rel A licensed

Torture Squads in Djakarta: How Indonesian Generals Died (South China Morning Post, 15 Oktober 1965)

Torture squads in Djakarta: how Indonesian generals died (South China Morning Post, 15 October 1965)

South China Morning Post, 15 Oct 1965, p.12, 'Torture squads in Djakarta: how Indonesian generals died', by a special correspondent. A lurid account of the 1 October killings: it says 'frenzied members of the Gerwani women's organisation' chanted insults and danced naked while Pemuda Rakjat youths emasculated six gener

GA-02891 2007 rel A

Lubang Buaya: Myth, Misogyny and Massacre (Drakeley, 2007)

Drakeley's 2007 article analysing the army's Oct-Dec 1965 psywar 'Lubang Buaya horror story' as a misogynist attack on Gerwani and a driver of the killings, tracing escalating claims in Angkatan Bersendjata, Antara and others, including the 'confessions' of Djamilah, Sujati and Saina. Core analysis of the slander.