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GA-03543 1960-06-17 Berita Harian (Singapore) rel B

Rumah komunis kena bom (Nungtjik)

Communist's house hit by bomb (Nungtjik), Berita Harian (Singapore), 17 June 1960

Berita Harian (Singapore), 17 June 1960: Reuters report from Jakarta that a Communist member of the Indonesian Parliament, Tuan Nungtjik, was wounded when a bomb (hand grenade) was thrown while he was eating at home the previous night. Only the lead snippet survives. The sweep log links it to Zubaidah Nungtjik A.R. (Ge

GA-03544 1963-05-24 Berita Harian rel C

Buku puisi di-haramkan (PKI member's poetry book banned in the Federation)

Poetry book banned (PKI member's book banned in the Federation), Berita Harian, 24 May 1963

Berita Harian (Singapore/Malaya), 24 May 1963: Kuala Lumpur report that the Federation government has banned 'Puisi Progresif Indonesia', a book written and translated by a PKI member, 'Bintang S...' (snippet cut off). The sweep guesses the author is Bintang Suradi, possibly the husband of Gerwani member Suwarti Bintan

GA-02014 1964-08-05 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 5 Ogos 1964: GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat USIS

Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964: Gerwani wants USIS offices closed

Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964 (Reuters, lead only). Gerwani, a left-wing Indonesian women's movement, cabled President Sukarno demanding the government close the US Information Service (USIS) offices and send home Peace Corps volunteers, as reported by the PKI paper Harian Rakyat.

GA-02015 1965-06-08 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 8 Jun 1965: Amaran terhadap gerakan pertubuhan wanita (Sudibjo)

Berita Harian, 8 Jun 1965: warning against women's organisation movements (Sudibjo)

Berita Harian, 8 Jun 1965 (Reuters, lead only). Sudibjo, secretary-general of the National Front, warned Indonesians to be vigilant against subversive movements of domestic women's organisations, speaking at a political rally of Gerwani.

GA-02019 1966-02-13 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 13 Februari 1966: Wanita Komunis peguam bela Untung dan Njoto

Berita Harian, 13 Feb 1966: woman lawyer to defend Untung and Njoto

Berita Harian, 13 Feb 1966 (lead only). A woman lawyer, Dr Tien Sunito, described as a PKI member, was appointed to defend Lt Col Untung and Njoto, whose trials were due Monday. Not about Gerwani directly, but about women's roles in the 1965 trials.

GA-02020 1966-12-21 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 21 Disember 1966: Isteri Aidit ditangkap

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966: Aidit's wife arrested

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Reports the arrest of D.N. Aidit's wife, described as a leader of the women's wing Gerwani, who had been under intelligence watch since the coup and was a very active communist.

GA-02023 1974-02-12 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 12 Februari 1974: Bekas pengerusi GERWANI dipenjara

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974: former Gerwani chair jailed for life in Tebing Tinggi

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974 (AP, lead only). A court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentenced Amnah, a former leader of the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani), to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's 1965 coup attempt.