GA-02018 1965-12-09 relevance B public
Berita Harian, 9 Disember 1965: Wanita yang dipenjarakan (Kurnipi, UPI)
Berita Harian, 9 Dec 1965: imprisoned woman (UPI photographer's scene)
Berita Harian, 9 Dec 1965 (UPI photographer Kurnipi, lead only). First-person scene with an imprisoned woman crying that her children are at home and asking why she is held and for how long. Matched on Gerwani; the lead does not name her organisation.
Berita Harian, 9 Des 1965 (juru foto UPI Kurnipi, hanya teks pembuka). Adegan pribadi seorang perempuan tahanan yang menangis karena anak-anaknya di rumah dan bertanya mengapa ia ditahan dan sampai kapan. Terjaring kata kunci Gerwani; organisasinya tidak disebut dalam bagian ini.
“Anak2 saya di-rumah... Mengapa saya di-sini? Apa yang saya lakukan? Sampai bila mereka tahan saya?”
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- Date
- 1965-12-09
- 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
- 1965–1966
- 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 (1965-12-09) - p. 4, Wanita yang dipenjarakan (gambar UPI, Kurnipi) [NewspaperSG beritaharian19651209-1.2.41].txt
- OCR / text
- Poor (0.724) · 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
Companion files
- GA-03341 Berita Harian (1965-12-09) - p. 4, Wanita yang dipenjarakan (gambar UPI, Kurnipi) [NewspaperSG beritaharian19651209-1.2.41].pdf
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