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Explicatie gevraagd: Doodvonnissen Madiun-affaire (Explanation requested: death sentences Madiun affair)

Explanation requested: death sentences in the Madiun affair

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Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950: correspondent's report that the Madiun rebel leaders (Amir Sjarifuddin, Suripno and others) were shot on 20 December 1948 and buried in a mass grave near Solo, with no official detail given. MP Mrs Mudigdo champions the relatives, with Mrs Mangku and Mrs Oei Gee Hwat, to demand from premier Natsir the legal basis and court of the death sentences.

Nieuwe Courant, 26 September 1950: laporan koresponden bahwa para pemimpin pemberontakan Madiun (Amir Sjarifuddin, Suripno dan lainnya) ditembak 20 Desember 1948 dan dikubur di kuburan massal dekat Solo, tanpa keterangan resmi. Anggota parlemen Ibu Mudigdo membela keluarga korban, bersama Ibu Mangku dan Ibu Oei Gee Hwat, menuntut dasar hukum dan pengadilan hukuman mati dari PM Natsir.

“MP Mrs. Mudigdo ... has set herself up as advocate of some of the surviving relatives of the shot rebel leaders (p.?).”

People

MudigdioAmir SjarifuddinSuripnoMaruto DarusmanDjokosujonoOei Gee HwatMangkuMohammad NatsirTan Malaka

Organisations

Socialist Party (1945–1948)Communist Party of IndonesiaGovernment of the Republic of Indonesia

Places

SurakartaKaranganyarYogyakartaJakartaCipanas

Topics

memory, testimony and justicePKIelections and parliamentbiographyhistoriography

Tags

death penaltymadiun affairmass graves

Details

Date
1950-09-26
Creator
Nieuwe Courant
Publication
Nieuwe Courant
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1950–1954
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)/Nieuwe Courant (1950-09-26) - Explicatie gevraagd Doodvonnissen Madiun-affaire [Delpher MMNIOD04-000093846-a0006].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.868) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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