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Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966

Sinar Harapan, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti to be tried by South Sumatra Mahmillub

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Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Antara report that Suwarti, a Gerwani leader and PKI Central Committee member arrested in Palembang in May 1966 forming a shadow regional committee, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmillub; the first woman 'Gestapu/PKI' figure before the court.

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Berita Antara bahwa Suwarti, pimpinan Gerwani dan anggota CC PKI yang ditangkap di Palembang Mei 1966 saat membentuk CDB bayangan, akan diadili Mahmillub Sumatra Selatan; tokoh perempuan 'Gestapu/PKI' pertama di pengadilan.

People

SuwartiMakmun Murod

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaExtraordinary Military Tribunal

Places

PalembangSouth Sumatra

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)arrests and detentionbiographyPKI

Tags

organisational structurewire report

Details

Date
1966-11-18
Creator
Sinar Harapan
Publication
Sinar Harapan
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (Protestant-oriented general daily, Jakarta; central edition))
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 digital collection (Perpustakaan Nasional RI), free PDF of the full issue, catalogue id 384639 in file name (Sinar Harapan 1966 holdings); 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, November 18). Sinar Harapan (Edisi Pusat), Tahun VI No. 1918 [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara 384639.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Sinar Harapan (1966-11-18) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 384639].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.88) · 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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