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Djakarta, vrijdag (AP): arrestatie van Trees Soenito

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DJAKARTA, vrijdag (AP). — De politie van Djakarta heeft de uit Nederland afkomstige advocate Trees Soenito gearresteerd. Zij was destijds verdedigster van Njono, de vierde man in de nu verboden communistische partij van Indonesië. Zij wordt volgens het dagblad van de Indonesische strijdkrachten verdacht van communistische sympathieën en zou een voormalig leidster van de vrouwenorganisatie van de communistische partij, Gerwani zijn geweest.

English translation

=== [Page 1] === DJAKARTA, Friday (AP). — Djakarta police have arrested the lawyer Trees Soenito [Trees Sunito], who originates from the Netherlands. She was at the time the defence counsel of Njono [Njono], the number four man in the now-banned communist party of Indonesia. According to the daily paper of the Indonesian armed forces she is suspected of communist sympathies and is said to have been a former leader of the women's organisation of the communist party, Gerwani.