Tameng (Bali militia)

Original name: Tameng
Type: Indonesian mass organisation
Country: Indonesia
Description: PNI-linked militia in Bali involved in the 1965–66 killings.
Deskripsi: Milisi yang terkait dengan PNI di Bali yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan 1965–66.
Also written as: Tameng; Tameng Marhaenis

1992 – 2012

Often appears with

Communist Party of Indonesia 3 Indonesian National Party 3

3 items

GA-03059 1992 rel C licensed

The Destruction of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI): A Comparative Analysis of East Java and Bali (PhD Harvard, 1992)

Destruction of the Indonesian Communist Party: East Java and Bali compared (Sudjatmiko, 1992)

Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko's 1992 Harvard sociology PhD thesis compares East Java and Bali to explain the PKI's destruction after 1965, arguing that it followed from the party's 1963 revolutionary strategy and that violence depended on public figures, army units and PKI size. It covers mobilisation, land reform and local

GA-02256 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

I Ketut Mantram: "Ada Daftar dari Kodim"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: I Ketut Mantram - 'There was a list from the Kodim'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of I Ketut Mantram, 72, PNI village secretary in Jembrana, Bali, who joined the 37-man 'Tameng/Rantai' squad that executed PKI members on Kodim lists for about three months, burying bodies in coastal pits. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02275 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Setelah Pistol Menyalak di Tegalbadeng (Pembantaian di Bali)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: After the pistol fired at Tegalbadeng (killings in Bali)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on how mass killing began in Bali from Tegalbadeng, Jembrana, after a shooting on 30 Nov 1965; PNI 'Tameng Marhaenis' squads, trucks and beach executions, with RPKAD arrival in Dec (Geoffrey Robinson). Testimony from Ida Bagus Raka Negara and others on the Toko Wong detention site. Gerwani is