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GA-01023 1951-09-15 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Werken van Marx geconfisqueerd (vraag van Suwarti in het parlement)

Works of Marx confiscated (question by Suwarti in parliament)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (15 Sep 1951, p.2): communist MP Suwarti questions the government on the recent confiscation of Karl Marx's books, asking on which legal article the measure rests after the attorney general's spokesman claimed it was lawful. Context for the 1951 anti-communist round-up; identification of Suw

GA-01026 1953-06-02 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Verdediger verzoekt invrijheidstelling (proces Affandi Ridwan)

Defence requests release (trial of Affandi Ridwan)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (2 Jun 1953, p.2): trial of Affandi Ridwan in Bandung; in his plea he asks why he should be punished for negotiating with Kahar Muzakar's bands with central government approval, if Leimena contacted RMS bands and Mrs Salawati Daoed negotiated with Kahar Muzakar. Defenders Kasman Singodimedjo