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Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Mei 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 May 1969

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Mei 1969. Antara: a military court in Tanjungkarang sentenced warrant officer Fauzi Totong, Natar (Lampung) officer, to seven years for rape and adultery against detained Gerwani women; evidence of sexual violence against detainees.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Mei 1969. Antara: mahmil Tanjungkarang menghukum pembantu letnan Fauzi Totong, Puterpra Natar (Lampung), tujuh tahun penjara karena perkosaan dan perzinahan terhadap perempuan Gerwani yang ditahan; bukti kekerasan seksual terhadap tahanan.

People

Fauzi Totong

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Sriwijaya Military Court

Places

Bandar Lampung (Tanjungkarang)NatarLampung

Topics

arrests and detentionPlantungan and women prisonerskillings 1965–66New Ordermemory, testimony and justice

Tags

court recordsexual violence

Details

Date
1969-05-08
Creator
Angkatan Bersendjata
Publication
Angkatan Bersendjata
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily, Angkatan Bersendjata, Edisi Pusat))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (file Q665_Angkatan_Bersendjata_1969_05_08_Th_V_No_1165_001.pdf) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 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 Bersendjata [Edisi Pusat]. (1969, May 8). No. 1165, Th. ke-V [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Jakarta. Perpusnas Khastara 887828.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1969-05-08) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.844) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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