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Berita Harian, 6 Februari 1963: SOBSI, Partindo dan Gerwani bantah Kerajaan Singapura

Berita Harian, 6 Feb 1963: SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani protest to Singapore government

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Berita Harian, 6 Feb 1963 (lead text only). Reports from Jakarta that SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani, described as leftist, protested to the Singapore government over arrests of left-wing figures on the island the previous week (Operation Coldstore).

Berita Harian, 6 Feb 1963 (hanya teks pembuka). Dari Jakarta: SOBSI, Partindo dan Gerwani, yang disebut berhaluan kiri, memprotes Pemerintah Singapura atas penangkapan tokoh kiri di pulau itu minggu sebelumnya.

“Gerwani ... juga berhaluan kiri telah membantah Kerajaan Singapura kerana menangkap tokoh2 politik yang berhaluan kiri”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPartindo

Places

JakartaSingapore

Topics

Gerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

demonstration

Details

Date
1963-02-06
Creator
Berita Harian
Publication
Berita Harian
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Malay
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Singapore
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
NewspaperSG · source link
Access
open access (NewspaperSG) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)/Berita Harian (1963-02-06) - p. 3, SOBSI, Partindo dan Gerwani bantah Kerajaan Singapura [NewspaperSG beritaharian19630206-1.2.47].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.766) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)
Summary basis
full text read; only the ~60-word lead text is archived

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