Indische Courant voor Nederland (12 Nov 1949, p.2): Dutch inspector Th. Pluyter of the Faroka factories was killed on 2 Nov by a band terrorising the Masamba area, South Sulawesi. Citing Aneta, the band seems led by Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daoed, who went there in a municipal car. Six members were arrest
Indische Courant voor Nederland (16 Nov 1949, p.1): correspondent in Makassar reports that councillor Salawati Daud, leader of the band that ambushed Th. Pluyter near Masamba, was arrested in a cave 8 km from Masamba. Described as a well-known extreme-left woman, she borrowed the mayor's car; five students of a Makassa
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Nov 1949, front page: correspondent's report from Makassar that Salawati Daud, municipal councillor and 'well-known extreme-leftist lady', led the armed gang that raided Masamba prison and abducted Th. Pluyter, using the mayor's car; arrested in a cave. Frames it as exposing a politi
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 29 Apr 1950, p. 1: the NIT cabinet decides to release all detainees from the Masamba, Kakas, Rembigen and Tondano affairs, including Salawati Daud, while armed gangs attack police posts and prisons in South Sulawesi; APRIS Major Pieters threatens military administration.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 8 Nov 1950, p. 1: sympathetic piece on the South Sulawesi guerrillas ('Hasanuddin division'). Notes Lot Salawati Daud was released on 30 Oct after ten days' detention, perhaps after protests by 29 parties and organisations, and that a government commission seeks contact with the guerril
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jul 1951, p. 3: MP Mrs Mudigdo puts written questions to the government about a village head in Sukabumi reportedly beaten to death in a public 'execution' without trial, and a detained police mantri's alleged suicide in Banyuwangi; asks for prosecution of those responsible and suppor
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 25 Aug 1951, p. 1: the August 1951 raids in East Java. About 26 arrested in Surabaya, including Mrs Parjani Ilham, chairwoman of Gerwis there, journalists, Sobsi and PKI local leaders; about 175 arrested across East Java. Police seized pictures of Mao, Lenin and Stalin.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 1 Sep 1952, p. 1: the Surabaya Committee for Victims of the August Raids plans a mass demonstration on 7 Sept. Committee secretary Miss Sulami reports on meetings with PM Wilopo and the defence minister, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and notes 62 SOB detainees remain in Ea