INDONESIAN PLOT: Tribunal verdict on Njono due today (Canberra Times, 21 Februari 1966)

The Canberra Times (1966-02-21) - INDONESIAN PLOT Tribunal verdict on Njono due today Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105887956 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 21 Feb 1966 - INDONESIAN PLOT Tribunal verdict on Njono due today Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Monday 21 February 1966, page 6 INDONESIAN PLOTTribunal verdict onNjono due todaySINGAPORE, Sunday (AAP-Reuter). -The military tribunal trying Communistleader Njono on a ' treason charge following the abortive October coup is expected to give its verdict tomorrow.Radio Djakarta, monitored here, said the chief judge, Lieutenant-Colonel Ali Said, told a reporter this in an interview.The judge said the tribunal "worked very fast." If Njono was not satisfied with its decision he' could appeal to President Sukarno through the SupI reme Court.The prosecution, which has demanded the death penalty, closed its case on Thursday night and the court adjourned, to give Nj,ono and his Government-appointed womanlawyer, lawyer, Mrs Trees Sunito, 32 hours in which to prepare the defence.Foreign correspondents are barred from the trial. Observers said Njono stood erect but looked nervous as the prosecutor Colonel Datuk Mulia, read the prosecution's closing address calling for thedeath sentence.The Ctolonel reminded the tribunal that PresidentSukarno had branded the' "September 30 Movement", which plotted thecoup attempt, as counterrevolutionary. Lieutenant - Colonel Untung, the alleged leader of the coup attempt, ia to g,o on trial in Djakarta before a special military tribunal soon after the present tribunal passes its sentence on Njono.DJAKARTA, Sunday (AAP-Reuter). - The Indonesian armed forces newspaper Angkatan Bersendjata accued China yesterday of ignoring an Indonesian Govern ment warning' against "insulting" the Njono militarycourt trial.The Indonesian Foreign Ministry had warned the New China News Agencyto stop its allegedly onesided reporting on the situation in Djakarta, following the coup attempt, but the Chinese agency had charged that the court trial was a new manouvreby "Indonesian reactionary elements and? the American lackeys" to give legal cover to the mass killings of patriots and Communists, the Indonesian newspaper said.;