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Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 April 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Apr 1966. A boxed feature blames ex-PKI mayor of Solo Utomo Ramelan's 'Silir' complex for preparing 'the immoral drama of Lubang Buaya with Gerwani and PR as actors', a sexualised slander frame.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 April 1966. Fitur kotak menuding kompleks 'Silir' bekas wali kota Solo Utomo Ramelan menyiapkan 'drama amoral Lubang Buaya dengan Gerwani dan PR sebagai pemain', bingkai fitnah seksual.

People

Utomo RamelanRusmin NurjadinChaerul SalehIsma Sawitri

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

SurakartaMedanLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

sexual slander

Details

Date
1966-04-08
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, April 8). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 359, Th. ke-II, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Jajasan "Ubaja Çakti".
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-04-08) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.895) · 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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