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Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 29 October 1965

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Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1965. Kodam Bukit Barisan report 'Digerebeg di Siantar' claims a Gerwani woman 'trained at Lubang Buaya' was found in a raid in Pematang Siantar, repeating eye-gouging claims.

Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1965. Laporan Kodam Bukit Barisan 'Digerebeg di Siantar' menyatakan seorang perempuan Gerwani 'yang dilatih di Lubang Buaya' ditemukan dalam penggerebekan di Pematang Siantar, mengulang klaim pencungkilan mata.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Bukit Barisan Military Command (North Sumatra)

Places

PematangsiantarNorth SumatraLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

atrocity rumours

Details

Date
1965-10-29
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=888057) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, khastara.perpusnas.go.id), free PDF, catalogue id 888057 (Berita Yudha 1965 run) 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)
Berita Yudha. (1965, October 29). Berita Yudha [Army-affiliated daily newspaper], 1(259), 1–4. Djakarta: J.K.K. Yudha Press.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1965-10-29) - issue, Gerwani p. 1, 2 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.892) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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