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2 itemsTopic: arrests and detention ✕Publication: The Straits Times ✕Year: 1965 ✕
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GA-03346 1965-10-13 The Straits Times rel C

Untung captured (Kremlin warns rebels)

Untung captured: Kremlin warns rebels (Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 13 October 1965, p. 1: Lt-Col. Untung is captured at Tegal; broadcasts claim rebels' support collapsed and many youths were rounded up; Medan rally demands a PKI ban; Soviet leaders warn Indonesia against imperialist threats; PKI chief Aidit still in hiding. Page also carries Vietnam war news. No men

GA-03350 1965-11-07 The Straits Times rel A

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks (Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 7 November 1965, p. 7, world round-up: an army bulletin says nine 'suicide members' of Gerwani blocked army tanks in Solo, were 'gently asked' to move, jeered at paratroopers, and were killed by the troops when they refused. Same army-sourced story as Berita Harian's 7 November report; unverified. He