GA-00442 1968-10-15 relevance A public featured
Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'
Berita Yudha, 15 October 1968: 70 percent of prostitutes embraced by Gerwani/PKI
Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'. Jakarta police chief claims nearly 70% of prostitutes in Central Java and Jakarta had been 'embraced' by Gerwani/PKI, 'proven' by Lubang Buaya; a core New Order sexual slander claim.
Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'. Kapolda Jakarta mengklaim hampir 70% pelacur di Jawa Tengah dan Jakarta 'dirangkul' Gerwani/PKI, 'terbukti' oleh Lubang Buaya; klaim fitnah seksual inti Orde Baru.
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- Date
- 1968-10-15
- Creator
- Berita Yudha
- Publication
- Berita Yudha
- Document type
- newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily, Berita Yudha))
- Language
- Indonesian (old spelling)
- Perspective
- Indonesian army/New Order voice
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1967–1979
- Source archive
- Perpusnas Khastara | (file Q655_Berita_Yudha_1968_10_15_Th_IV_No_218_001.pdf) · source link
- Access
- Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection; free PDF, catalogue id 888057 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 [Harian Umum, Edisi Pusat]. (1968, October 15). No. 218, Th. IV [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Jakarta. Perpusnas Khastara 888057.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1968) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1968-10-15) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 888057].pdf
- OCR / text
- Fair (0.792) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1968) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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