Is the band led by a woman? (Salawati Daud and the Masamba band)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (7 Nov 1949, p.2), headline 'Is the band led by a woman?': the band that killed Faroko inspector Pluyter on 2 November near Palopo seems led by Makassar councillor Salawati Daoed, who went in a municipal car (found wrecked). Colonel Schotborgh sent companies; six members arrested, many weapo
Peace and order restored in NIT
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (8 Nov 1949, p.2): the information ministry of the State of East Indonesia announces that authorities arrested Makassar councillor Salawati Daud, who 'held a leading role' in the Masamba band, and that order was restored within a week. Hadat Tinggi member Van der Wolk is sent to Masamba to r
Official trip! (Lot Salawati and the Paloppo raid)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra, reprint from Java-bode (11 Nov 1949, p.3) 'Dienstreis!': after the Palopo raid and kidnapping, police searched the home of Mrs Lot Salawati, a municipal councillor and 'very well-known extreme-left lady', who had borrowed the mayor's car claiming official business. Five students from a Maka
Terrorism in South Celebes: does Mrs Salawati Daud's role mean 'unmasked'?
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra, reprint from De Java-bode (11 Nov 1949, p.3): a lead-in to a chauffeur's account after the arrest of Makassar councillor Salawati Daud, described as leader of a terrorist band south of Masamba responsible for Th. Pluyter's murder; she was found in a cave 8 km from Masamba. The chauffeur's s
Documents seized (arrests in Surabaya, August 1951)
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (20 Aug 1951, p.1) on the Surabaya arrests of 26 people during the August 1951 round-up: journalists (Go Tjing Hok etc.), SOBSI chair Surono and Sutomo, PKI chair Hutapea, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation Gerwis. Police seized documents and portraits of Mao, Lenin and