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Merdeka, 21 September 1951

Merdeka, 21 September 1951: On the arrest of S.K. Trimurti

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Merdeka, 21 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Sekitar penangkapan S.K. Trimurti': Gerwis central board communiqué relaying in nine points the Attorney General's answers on the arrest of its vice-chair; ordered mid-August, letters found, detention depending on her statements.

Merdeka, 21 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Sekitar penangkapan S.K. Trimurti': komunike pengurus besar Gerwis yang menyampaikan sembilan butir jawaban Jaksa Agung soal penangkapan wakil ketuanya; diperintahkan pertengahan Agustus, surat ditemukan, lama tahanan tergantung keterangannya.

People

S.K. Trimurti

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Attorney General's Office

Places

Jakarta

Events

Arrest of Gerwis chair S.K. Trimurti

Topics

arrests and detentionGerwisbiography

Tags

official communique

Details

Date
1951-09-21
Creator
Merdeka
Publication
Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (nationalist daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
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Monumen Pers Nasional (MPN) SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free access; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), page image downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser; MPN SIDAK id in the file name. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Merdeka. (1951, September 21). Merdeka [Daily newspaper], No. 1732, Tahun ke-VI, p. 2. Djakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Merdeka (1951-09-21) - p. 02, Gerwis hit [MPN SIDAK 77122].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.763) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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