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GA-00750 1949-11-07 De Vrije Pers rel A

De moord op de heer Pluyter: Bende van vrouwelijk lid van gemeenteraad (The murder of Mr Pluyter)

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

GA-01161 1949-11-07 Java-Bode rel A

Th. Pluyter is vermoord; lichaam teruggevonden (Th. Pluyter murdered; body found)

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.

GA-01324 1949-11-07 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel A

Fabrieks-inspecteur door bende vermoord (Factory inspector murdered by gang)

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.

GA-01269 1949-11-08 Limburgsch Dagblad rel A

Bende vermoordde fabrieksemployé op Celebes (Gang murdered factory employee in Celebes)

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