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Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 February 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Feb 1966, during Untung's Mahmillub trial. The 'Pos Piket' corner jokes that the alleged 'Dewan Djenderal' tape is 'the tape of Gerwani at Lubang Buaya', presupposing the sexual slander as common knowledge.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 28 Februari 1966, saat sidang Mahmillub Untung. Pojok 'Pos Piket' bergurau bahwa pita 'Dewan Djenderal' mungkin 'pita Gerwani di Lubang Buaya', yang mengandaikan fitnah seksual sudah menjadi pengetahuan umum.

People

RuditoUntungSukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

Lubang BuayaBandung

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against GerwaniFirst Mahmillub trials (Njono, Untung)

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slandertrials (Mahmillub)propaganda and media

Tags

sexual slanderatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1966-02-28
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 (Angkatan Bersendjata 1966 run) as in the 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, February 28). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 325, Th. ke-I, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Staf Angkatan Bersenjata.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-02-28) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.903) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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