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2 itemsTopic: trials (Mahmillub) ✕Place: Palembang ✕Source role: primary ✕
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GA-02009 1966-11-18 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966

Sinar Harapan, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti to be tried by South Sumatra Mahmillub

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Antara report that Suwarti, a Gerwani leader and PKI Central Committee member arrested in Palembang in May 1966 forming a shadow regional committee, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmillub; the first woman 'Gestapu/PKI' figure before the court.

GA-02045 1967-06-22 The Straits Times rel A

The Straits Times, 22 June 1967: Woman Red gets life sentence

Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967: woman Red gets life sentence (Palembang)

Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967 (lead only). A special military tribunal in Palembang sentenced Mrs Suwardiningsih, a local communist leader, to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt; she was the first woman tried by that tribunal.