Communist Party Ban (Townsville Daily Bulletin, 19 Oktober 1965)

The Townsville Daily Bulletin (1965-10-19) - Communist Party Ban Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article297247011 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 19 Oct 1965 - COMMUNIST PARTY BAN Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: 1907 - 1909; 1912 - 1966), Tuesday 19 October 1965, page 1 COMMUNIST PARTY BAN> SINGAPORE, Oct. 18 (A.A.P.). — Radio Djakarta to-night reported -the banning of the In-donesian Communist Party, tho. PKI, and some of Its affiliated organisations, the Associated Press reported. The broadcast, monitored In Singapore, said. the order was announced by Major General Haadl-kasumo, commanding-officer of the Djakarta' area. Tho broadcast said the PKI affiliates, covered by -the ban. included the Femuda Rakjat (the Communist Forty's youth movement), Gerwani (the women's wing), and the big:, Communist dominated.Sobs3y»i-' Trade,. > Union organisation.' All, have been prime targets of tho Army inspired anti-Communistcampaign campaign that followed the crushing of the Communist supported October 1 coup d'etat attempted in Djakarta. According to the law of Indonesia, President Sukarno is the only person empowered to ban a political party. There was no indication. A.P. reported, that the ban had been imposed by President Sukarno.