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GA-01085 1949-11-08 Het Vrije Volk rel A

Van daar (kolom met bericht over Salawati Daud)

'From there' (column with item on Salawati Daud)

Het Vrije Volk front-page column 'Van daar' (8 Nov 1949): opens with the claim that Salawati Daud, female member of Makassar's city council, proved to be leader of the band that kidnapped and murdered a Faroko factory representative in South Celebes; six members including 'the female band leader' are arrested. The rest

GA-01285 1949-12-03 Nieuwe Courant rel A

Lot Salawati (The lot of Salawati)

The lot of Salawati

Nieuwe Courant, 3 December 1949: commentary profiling 'Lot Salawati' (Salawati Daud) as 'very left and very revolutionary', leader of the Masamba gang. It speculates that she was humiliated at the Indonesian Women's Congress in Yogyakarta and then at home in Makassar, and sought rehabilitation through violence; it also