Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

The Canberra Times (1971-01-13) - Indonesia Girl Admits Torture Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110448565 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 13 Jan 1971 - INDONESIA GIRL ADMITS TORTURE Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Wednesday 13 January 1971, page 7 INDONESIAGIRL ADMITSTORTUREDJAKARTA, Tuesday (AAP - Reuter). — A young woman told a special court here that she gouged the eyes of a general with a knife before he was shot dead on the eve of an abortive Communist coup in1965.She also said she had seen her friends mutilating the sexual organs of another general.The, woman, 24:year-pld Emmy Marjam, was testifying last night at the trial of Sukatno, former chairman of the Communist youth organisation Pedmuda, on charges of complicity in the coup and rebelling against the Government after the attempted takeover.Marjani, a member of the banned Communist women's organisation Gerwani and now under arrest, said she had been paid one million rupiahs (old money now worth about SA4-29) to carry out the torture, on the night of September 30, 1965.Six generals, including the army Chief of Staff, General Ahmad Yani, had been murdered and iheir bodies mutilated that night.