Rethink on Suharto role in coup (South China Sunday Morning Post, 27 September 1998)

South China Sunday Morning Post, 27 Sep 1998, p.8, Jenny Grant: after Suharto's fall, historians and politicians call for a reassessment of the 1965 coup and killings; the government has dropped compulsory screening of the New Order propaganda film. The article repeats that members of 'the communist women's organisation, Gerwani' mutilated the generals' bodies before dumping them at Halim, while noting that historians (e.g. Hermawan Sulistyo) say Suharto's regime enforced a compulsory version of events and that land-reform conflicts triggered the killings.

South China Sunday Morning Post, 27 Sep 1998, hlm. 8, Jenny Grant: setelah Suharto jatuh, sejarawan dan politisi menyerukan peninjauan ulang kudeta dan pembunuhan 1965; pemerintah menghentikan kewajiban menayangkan film propaganda Orde Baru. Artikel mengulang bahwa anggota 'organisasi perempuan komunis Gerwani' memutilasi jenazah para jenderal sebelum dibuang di Halim, sambil mencatat sejarawan (mis. Hermawan Sulistyo) menyebut rezim Suharto memaksakan versi tunggal dan konflik landreform memicu pembunuhan.

“Members of the rural communist women's organisation, Gerwani, 'then mutilated the men's bodies before they were dumped' at Halim; historian Hermawan Sulistyo says the New Order 'twisted the collective memory by enforcing a compulsory version' of events.”