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Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 January 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Jan 1966. Reports the arrest in Tangerang of Sariningsih, called a 'Gerwani Lubang Buaya' fugitive, and a joke on Gerwani 'savagery'; also 1,204 detainees (83 women) in South Jakarta.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Januari 1966. Memuat penangkapan Sariningsih di Tangerang yang disebut 'Gerwani Lubang Buaya' buron, lelucon tentang 'kebuasan' Gerwani; juga 1.204 tahanan (83 perempuan) di Jakarta Selatan.

People

SariningsihHardjonoTaksiah

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Kodim 0505

Places

TangerangLubang BuayaAmpenanJakarta

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

sexual slander

Details

Date
1966-01-04
Creator
Angkatan Bersendjata
Publication
Angkatan Bersendjata
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=887828) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, free PDF; catalogue id 887828 in file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Angkatan Bersenjata. (1966, January 4). Angkatan Bersendjata [Daily newspaper], No. 283, Th. ke-I, 1–4. Djakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-01-04) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.805) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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