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Berita Yudha, 26 Juni 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Berita Yudha, 26 June 1966 (Sunday edition)

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Berita Yudha, 26 Juni 1966 (edisi Minggu). Interview with Attorney-General Sugih Arto promising Mahmillub trials; asked when 'the Gerwani leaders who are already immoral' will be tried, he falls silent, as the reporter imagines the 'indecent' deeds.

Berita Yudha, 26 Juni 1966 (edisi Minggu). Wawancara dengan Jaksa Agung Sugih Arto yang menjanjikan sidang Mahmillub; ditanya kapan 'pimpinan Gerwani yang sudah asusila' diadili, ia terdiam, sementara wartawan membayangkan perbuatan 'tak senonoh'.

People

Sugih Arto

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Attorney General's Office

Places

Jakarta

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slandertrials (Mahmillub)propaganda and media

Tags

interviewsexual slander

Details

Date
1966-06-26
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily, Sunday edition 'Berita Yudha Minggu'))
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, free PDF; Berita Yudha catalogue/collection id 888057 as given in the 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 Minggu. (1966, June 26). Berita Yudha Minggu, No. 135, Tahun II [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Jakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1966-06-26) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.881) · 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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