Law No. 1 of 1951 Extending the 1948 Labour Law to All Indonesia
Text of Law No. 1 of 1951, signed by Sukarno on 6 January 1951, extending the 1948 Labour Law (No. 12) to all of Indonesia. It limits children's and youths' work and bars women from night work, mines and hazardous jobs. It grants women paid rest on the first two days of menstruation, 1.5 months before and after childbi
Indonesian miscellany (with item on Moedigdio and the Waworoentoe case)
Het Vaderland miscellany column 'Indonesische tjampoeran' (30 Jun 1951, p.12) with many short items. Relevant: an emergency meeting of parliament's home affairs section chaired by Mrs Moedigdio (Mudigdio) resolves to ask the government about Mrs Waworoentoe, dismissed as mayor of Manado and placed under house arrest by
Questions about the shooting of arrested persons (Surade case)
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (2 Jul 1951): MP Mrs. Moedigdo (Mudigdio) put written questions to the government about the public beating to death of the Surade village head (Sukabumi) without trial, and the death of a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi after violence. She asked about prosecution, prevention and suppo
Questions about the shooting of arrested persons (page-image version)
Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (2 Jul 1951): MP Mrs. Moedigdo (Mudigdio) put written questions to the government about the public beating to death of the Surade village head (Sukabumi) without trial, and the death of a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi after violence. She asked about prosecution, prevention and suppo
Arbitrary execution in Sukabumi: Mrs Mudigdo asked questions
Headline fragment, Java-Bode, 2 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions about publications in Suara Rakjat on the execution of the village head of Surade, Sukabumi. Shorter than the companion item 'Terechtstelling', which gives the details.
Mrs Mudigdo asked questions
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions to the government about a village head in Sukabumi reportedly beaten to death in a public 'execution' without trial, and a detained police mantri's alleged suicide in Banyuwangi; asks for prosecution of those responsible and suppor
Again numerous arrests in Indonesia
Het Vaderland front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the escalating arrests of communists across Indonesia: 26 in East Java including Java Post editor Go Tjing Hok, the local PKI chair and SOBSI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation 'Gerwis'; 50 in Bandung with SOBSI offices sealed; 175 in East