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GA-00431 1968-01-05 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 5 Januari 1968

Berita Yudha, 5 January 1968

Berita Yudha, 5 Januari 1968. Antara report on the arrest of lawyer Yap Thiam Hien, singling out Trees Sunito, defence counsel of Njono, as 'HSI figure and Gerwani leader' as proof of PKI front organisations' infiltration.

GA-01066 1968-01-05 Het Parool rel B

Huisbrandolie wordt 1,5 cent duurder (met AP-bericht over de arrestatie van Trees Soenito)

Heating oil 1.5 cents dearer (with AP report on the arrest of Trees Soenito)

Het Parool item (5 Jan 1968) in a page of unrelated news (heating oil prices). The AP paragraph reports Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito, former defender of PKI's Njono, who according to the armed forces daily is suspected of communist sympathies and 'would have been a former leader of Gerwani'.

GA-01274 1968-01-06 Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.] rel B

Nederlandse juriste gearresteerd (Dutch jurist arrested)

Dutch jurist arrested

Nederlands Dagblad, 6 January 1968, p. 1: brief report that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers on suspicion of membership in the banned scholars' association HSI; she had defended SOBSI leader Njono, who was sentenced to death for the 1965 coup. A second item on Cyprus is unrelated. No Ge

GA-01365 1968-01-06 Trouw rel B

Weer Indonesische advocaten in arrest (More Indonesian lawyers arrested)

More Indonesian lawyers arrested

Trouw (6 Jan 1968), UPI: arrests continue of Indonesian lawyers who defended former communists. After Subandrio's counsel, two more were detained, including Dutch-born Trees Soenito, who had defended PKI leader Njono. No reason given. Shows the New Order's persecution of 1965 defence lawyers; Gerwani not mentioned.

GA-03477 1968-01-06 The Washington Post, Times Herald, p. A9 rel A licensed

Washington Post, 6 January 1968, p. A9: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post, 6 Jan 1968: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post (6 January 1968, p. A9), an AP report headed 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta'. Per the sweep log, it says woman lawyer Trees Sunito, who defended Njono, has been arrested and is described as a former leader of the women's section of the Communist Party. Only the page header is in the text; the article b

GA-00921 1968-10-29 De Waarheid rel B

Volgens legerleiding in Djakarta schanddaad voltrokken (executie Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono)

Army leadership in Jakarta: 'infamy' as Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono executed

De Waarheid, 29 Oct 1968, p. 1: report, via Reuters, that the Indonesian military regime executed PKI Central Committee members Njono and Sudisman and Yogyakarta PKI secretary Wirjomartono by firing squad in Jakarta Bay after secret tribunal hearings; an initial report on Supardjo and Ruslan Kamaludin was retracted. It