Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949: NIT information ministry announces the arrest of Makassar council member Salawati Daud, said to have held a leading role in the Masamba gang, found by troops in a cave about 8 km from Masamba; order is declared restored within a week. Official colonial-state framing; no corroboration in
Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949. The relevant item is the NIT report on Salawati Daud's arrest at Masamba cave, accused of leading a gang. The page otherwise covers the post-Round Table Conference settlement (UNCI, KNIL future, ECA aid), a US article on China policy, and Poland's defence minister.
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
Nieuwe Courant, 22 April 1950: the NIT cabinet, discussing the situation as APRA troops approach, decides to release all arrestees in the Masamba, Kakas, Rembigen and Tondano affairs, including Salawati Daud. A snippet on US senator Taft and Marshall Plan funds follows.
Nieuwe Courant, 20 December 1950: Salawati Daud, who negotiated on the government's behalf with South Sulawesi guerrilla leaders, tells Antara there are about 12,000 armed guerrillas (Kesatuan Gerilya Sulawesi Selatan) in the mountains, unrelated to the RMS, who helped government troops in the August Makassar disturban
Nieuwe Courant, 20 August 1951: report of renewed tension in Makassar after four CTN ex-guerrilla battalions failed to appear for their 17 August incorporation into the APRI, leaving with cash, uniforms and trucks meant for Kahar Muzakkar; Col. Kawilarang announces strict measures. The text ends with Pedoman Rakjat say
Nieuwe Courant, 22 August 1951: defence ministry spokesman says reports of Salawati Daud's trip into South Sulawesi's interior to contact CTN leader Kahar Muzakkar wrongly suggest renewed negotiations; he regrets that some people's leaders want to negotiate with Kahar, who acted for personal gain, and insists on strict