Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950 (page): Madiun death sentences
Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950. Relevant item: the report that MP Mrs Mudigdo, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, seeks an official account of the 1948 executions of the Madiun rebel leaders. The rest covers an editorial against liquidating foreign capital, the Sarbupri minimum-wage motion, a co
The threatened strike in East Sumatra
Short item, Java-Bode, 13 Jan 1953, p. 2: a Sarbupri delegation including Mrs Setiati Surasto visits PM Wilopo about overtime pay on Sumatra's East Coast and protests the labour minister's decision; Wilopo refers them to the P4P. Same text as the Indische Courant item.
The threatened strike in East Sumatra
Short item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 17 Jan 1953, p. 3: a Sarbupri (plantation workers' union) delegation including Mrs Setiati Surasto visits PM Wilopo on 5 Jan about overtime pay on Sumatra's East Coast and protests the labour minister's decision; Wilopo refers them to the P4P.
Other trade unions: Sarbupri strike and BTI congress solidarity
De Vrije Pers fragment (17 Sep 1953) on trade-union reactions to the Sarbupri plantation workers' strike. It notes that the BTI's second congress, attended by SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwis representatives, declared solidarity with the strike and instructed its branches to support strikers.
Indonesia rebels fight in Sumatra (The Daily Telegraph, 12 October 1965)
The Daily Telegraph (London), 12 Oct 1965, p.24, Ian Ward from Singapore: Indonesian radio broadcasts disclose that fighting between loyal Army troops and Communist rebels has spread to Sumatra, threatening rubber and oil; Radio Djambi says the Army was heavily engaged and Radio Malaysia reports Aceh action. Page is a