The murder of Mr Pluyter: band said led by council member Salawati Daud
De Vrije Pers Aneta report (7 Nov 1949) on the murder of Dutchman Th. Pluyter by a band near Masamba/Palopo, South Sulawesi, claiming the band "appears to be led by" Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud, who went in a municipal car. The state of East Indonesia pledged full penal law; companies of soldiers pursue
Th. Pluyter murdered; body found
Java-Bode, 7 Nov 1949, p. 2: reports the murder of Dutch inspector Th. Pluyter by a gang at Masamba, which Aneta says is led by Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud; six gang members arrested; East Indonesia government condemns the 'cowardly murderous lust'. Frames a woman politician as a terror-gang leader.
Factory inspector murdered by gang
Nijmeegsch Dagblad brief (7 Nov 1949) reporting the murder of Faroka factory inspector Th. Pluyter near Palopo, South Sulawesi, by a gang said to have been led by Makassar council member Salawati Daud, who allegedly arrived in a municipal car. Early colonial-press framing of a later Gerwani leader as a gang leader.
Salawati Daud arrested
De Locomotief, 8 Nov 1949 (Aneta): reports that Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud, said to have played a leading role in the Masamba gang that killed Pluyter, was arrested by troops in a cave about 8 km from Masamba. Authorities claim order was restored within a week. Other items (ILO meeting, cinema fire) un
Gang murders factory employee in Celebes
Limburgsch Dagblad, 8 November 1949, p. 2: Batavia wire report that a gang terrorising the Masamba area of South Sulawesi killed Baroka factory inspector Pluyter on 2 November; it says the gang 'appears to have been led by' Makassar council member Salawati Daud, who drove there in a municipal car. Six gang members were
Dutchman murdered in South Celebes
Trouw (8 Nov 1949) short report: a gang in northern South Sulawesi murdered Faroka inspector Th. Pluyter; six members arrested, among them the gang's head, Makassar councillor Salawati Daud.
Action against terrorist gang in South Celebes
Zutphensch Dagblad (8 Nov 1949) two-sentence report from Makassar: Salawati Daud, municipal councillor sought over the Masamba gang, has been arrested, and the gang is said to be broken.