The Guardian, 23 May 1998, p.24, Martin Woollacott, 'Chaos at Crocodile Hole': comment on Suharto's fall, arguing it is no triumph and that his legacy of division (military vs Islamists, rich vs poor, ethnic and religious tensions) leaves the country fragile. It opens with the Crocodile Hole (Lubang Buaya) shrine, whos
South China Sunday Morning Post, 27 Sep 1998, p.8, Jenny Grant: after Suharto's fall, historians and politicians call for a reassessment of the 1965 coup and killings; the government has dropped compulsory screening of the New Order propaganda film. The article repeats that members of 'the communist women's organisatio
ICTJ and KontraS report (March 2011) on transitional justice since 1998: inquiries launched then stalled, Attorney General inaction on Komnas HAM files, zero convictions in human rights courts, reparations tied to missing verdicts. Context for the impunity facing 1965 victims.
Ariel Heryanto's essay (Indonesia at Melbourne, 16 Jan 2018) arguing the state's own story of the 30 September Movement, disseminated since 1966, is the 'primary hoax' behind later 'secondary' ones. Commentary on state disinformation.
Tempo English infographic 'Women Warriors' (4 Oct 2021, text by Hussein Abri Dongoran) summarising Gerwani: founded 1954 from Gerwis (1950), disbanded 1965 after New Order accusations. It lists the central board (Umi Sardjono chair, Mudikdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti, Sulami Djojoprawiro, Sudjinah and others), the jasmin