Arrest of Sukarno's wife denied (Canberra Times, 7 Oktober 1968)

The Canberra Times (1968-10-07) - Arrest of Sukarno's wife denied Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131675287 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 07 Oct 1968 - Arrest of Sukarno's wife denied Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Monday 7 October 1968, page 4 Arrest of Sukarno'swifedeniedDJAKARTA, Sunday (AAP - Reuter). — The Indonesian Presidential Secretary, Colonel Sutikno, denied today press reports that Hartini, the second wife of former President Sukarno, had been detained or recently interrogated. He told AAP-Rcutcr that the last time the former leader's preferred wife was interrogated was about 18 months ago, when she was questioned about reports that she was a member of the banned Communist women's organisation, Gerwani.Colonel Sutikno said that reports of her detention were not true. "Why should we arrest her when we know where she is and can call her at anytime?" he asked.Hartini has been Dr Sukarno's constant companion in his exile at liogor, near Djakarta.A newspaper report said Indonesian military authorities have discovered a Chinese organisation which tried to mobilise aid for underground Communist activities in Java.Some 500,000 troops stationed throughout Indonesia celebrated their Armed Forces Day yesterday. The celebration cameamidst widespread reports of changes in some regional command positions as well as in the central army hierarchy.