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Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966

Sinar Harapan, 10 Sep 1966: call to arrest 'the Lubang Buaya doctor'

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Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966. Antara report: Pesing police commander urges arrest of Dr. Sumiarsih, 'the Lubang Buaya doctor', a 'PKI/HSI/Gerwani figure' said to have issued 'sick' certificates to those trained there.

Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966. Berita Antara: kapolsek Pesing mengimbau penangkapan dr. Sumiarsih, 'dokter Lubang Buaya', 'tokoh PKI/HSI/Gerwani' yang diduga mengeluarkan surat 'sakit' bagi peserta latihan di sana.

People

SumiarsihChairun Caropaboka

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Scholars' AssociationCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

PesingJakartaLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

wire report

Details

Date
1966-09-10
Creator
Sinar Harapan
Publication
Sinar Harapan
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (Protestant-oriented general daily, Jakarta))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=384639) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, free PDF; catalogue id 384639 as given in the file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Sinar Harapan. (1966, September 10). Sinar Harapan (Harian Umum, Edisi Pusat), Tahun VI No. 1850 [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. P.T. Sinar Kasih.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Sinar Harapan (1966-09-10) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 384639].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.879) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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