Re-examination of forced marriage of a minor girl
Java-Bode, 10 February 1955, p. 2: report that the customary court at Tanjungraja began re-examining the Maisuri case on appeal. Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, married her chosen partner Kojum instead and was sentenced with him and her uncle to six months. Prominent Palembang women and South Sumatra Gerwani delegates attended.
Java-Bode, 10 Februari 1955, hlm. 2: laporan bahwa pengadilan adat Tanjungraja memulai pemeriksaan ulang kasus Maisuri atas bandingnya. Maisuri, dipaksa ayahnya menikah dengan haji berusia 45 tahun, menikah dengan pilihannya Kojum dan dihukum enam bulan bersama Kojum dan pamannya. Tokoh perempuan Palembang dan delegasi Gerwani Sumatra Selatan hadir.
“Prominent ladies from Palembang and delegates of the South Sumatra branch of Gerwani attended the session (p. 2).”
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (11 Feb 1955, p.4): in a customary-court retrial in Tanjungraja, village girl Maisuri, forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, is defended by lawyer Mr Muwalladi provided by the women's association Gerwani. She had married Kojum, her own choice, and was sentenced with him and her
shared: Pengadilan Rapat Tinggi, Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, A.K. Hadi
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Feb 1955, p. 3: the customary court at Tanjungraja re-examines the Maisuri case, a village girl forced to marry a 45-year-old hadji who sentenced her and her chosen husband to six months. Gerwani South Sumatra delegates attend; Gerwani and other women's groups made it a national issu
shared: Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, A.K. Hadi, Kojum
De Locomotief, 12 Feb 1955: the adat court at Tanjungraja re-examines the Maisuri case, a village girl forced by her father to marry a 45-year-old hadji, who instead married the youth she chose and was sentenced to six months with her husband and uncle. Prominent Palembang women and delegates of Gerwani's South Sumatra
shared: Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, A.K. Hadi, Kojum
Historia article (24 July 2024) on the 1954-55 Maisuri case in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra: a girl forced into marriage to an elderly man with three wives fled, eloped and was jailed by an adat court. A forced-marriage case later taken up in Gerwani's campaigns.
shared: Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, A.K. Hadi, Kojum
De Locomotief, 12 Feb 1955: follow-up on the Maisuri forced-marriage case. Supplementary testimony shows Maisuri never agreed to marry Hadji Achmad and the match was arranged without her and her mother. The case became a national question through Gerwani and other women's organisations, which see it as breaking the con
shared: Native Courts, Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, South Sumatra
Java-Bode, 10 February 1955, p. 2: report on supplementary testimony in the Maisuri forced-marriage case before the customary court in South Sumatra, showing the marriage was arranged by Hadji Achmad, his wife, her father and an intermediary without Maisuri's consent. It notes Gerwani and other women's organisations ma
shared: Maisuri, Hadji Achmad, South Sumatra, child and forced marriage
De Locomotief, 29 Nov 1955: statement by Gerwani's central board (OCR partly garbled) calling for a democratic marriage law, citing the Maisuri forced-marriage case as proof that women's constitutional rights are violated. It urges women to be active in the Constituent Assembly elections and argues the 'first lady' deb
shared: Maisuri, South Sumatra, Tanjung Raja, child and forced marriage
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 17 April 1956, full issue. The Gerwani-relevant item is a report on the DPR debate on the Ali Sastroamidjojo cabinet programme, in which Umi Sardjono (Fraksi Pembangunan) objects to a verdict punishing Maisuri for refusing a forced customary marriage and demands abolition of feudal remnan
shared: Maisuri, child and forced marriage, customary law and feudalism, marriage law and polygamy