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2 itemsTopic: biography ✕Organisation: All-Indonesia Central Labour Organisation ✕Place: Netherlands ✕
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GA-00481 1966-02-15 Algemeen Dagblad rel B

Nederlandse vrouw enige verdedigster (Perempuan Belanda satu-satunya pembela)

Dutch woman sole defender

ANP report in Algemeen Dagblad (1966-02-15) on Dutch-born lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, the only Indonesian jurist willing to defend PKI/SOBSI leader Njono before the special military tribunal. Her husband Sunito was jailed after the coup and she was dismissed from the state bank. No Gerwani mention; context for the 1

GA-00662 1968-01-05 De Nieuwe Limburger rel A

Nederlandse juriste in Djakarta gearresteerd (Dutch woman lawyer arrested in Jakarta)

Dutch woman lawyer arrested in Jakarta on suspicion of HSI membership

De Nieuwe Limburger, 5 Jan 1968 (Reuters): Jakarta police arrest Dutch lawyer Mrs Mr Trees Soenito-Heyligers, from Zwolle, on suspicion of membership of the banned communist scholars' association HSI. Two years earlier she had defended trade union leader Njono, sentenced to death for the 1965 coup.