Sorcerer awaits verdict on 42 killings (South China Sunday Morning Post, 26 April 1998)

South China Sunday Morning Post, 26 Apr 1998, p.8, Jenny Grant: report on the trial in Medan of the sorcerer Datuk (Achmad Suradji), accused of killing 42 young women. After first confessing he retracted and blamed 'an outlawed communist women's group known as Gerwani', claiming police forced his confession; the article notes that Gerwani members were accused of mutilating the bodies of six generals in the 1965 coup, and that the group was banned in 1966. The case is otherwise unrelated to Gerwani.

South China Sunday Morning Post, 26 Apr 1998, hlm. 8, Jenny Grant: laporan sidang di Medan terhadap dukun Datuk (Achmad Suradji) yang didakwa membunuh 42 perempuan muda. Setelah awalnya mengaku, ia menarik pengakuan dan menyalahkan 'kelompok perempuan komunis terlarang bernama Gerwani', dengan klaim polisi memaksanya mengaku; artikel mencatat anggota Gerwani dituduh memutilasi jenazah enam jenderal pada 1965 dan kelompok itu dilarang 1966. Perkara ini selebihnya tidak berhubungan dengan Gerwani.

“The sorcerer 'retracted the confession and blamed an outlawed communist women's group known as Gerwani... Gerwani members were accused of mutilating the bodies of six generals killed during a failed coup in 1965.'”