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Th. Pluyter is vermoord; lichaam teruggevonden (Th. Pluyter murdered; body found)

Th. Pluyter murdered; body found

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Java-Bode, 7 Nov 1949, p. 2: reports the murder of Dutch inspector Th. Pluyter by a gang at Masamba, which Aneta says is led by Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud; six gang members arrested; East Indonesia government condemns the 'cowardly murderous lust'. Frames a woman politician as a terror-gang leader.

Java-Bode, 7 Nov 1949, hlm. 2: melaporkan pembunuhan inspektur Belanda Th. Pluyter oleh gerombolan di Masamba, yang menurut Aneta dipimpin anggota dewan kota Makassar Salawati Daud; enam anggota ditangkap; pemerintah Indonesia Timur mengecam 'nafsu membunuh yang pengecut'. Membingkai politisi perempuan sebagai pemimpin gerombolan teror.

“'The gang ... appears (so reports Aneta) to be under the leadership of a woman, namely the female municipal councillor of Makassar Salawati Daoed' (p.2)”

People

Salawati DaudTh. PluyterSchotborgh

Organisations

State of East IndonesiaFaroka cigarette factories

Places

MasambaPalopoMakassarBoneSouth Sulawesi

Topics

Gerwisarrests and detentionpropaganda and mediabiography

Tags

regional rebellionswire report

Details

Date
1949-11-07
Creator
Java-Bode
Publication
Java-Bode
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1945–1949
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Java-Bode (1949-11-07) - Th. Pluyter is vermoord; lichaam teruggevonden Succes en verlies bij [Delpher ddd-010864878-a0064].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.929) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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