GA-02045 1967-06-22 relevance A public
The Straits Times, 22 June 1967: Woman Red gets life sentence
Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967: woman Red gets life sentence (Palembang)
Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967 (lead only). A special military tribunal in Palembang sentenced Mrs Suwardiningsih, a local communist leader, to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt; she was the first woman tried by that tribunal.
Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967 (hanya teks pembuka). Mahkamah militer khusus Palembang menjatuhkan hukuman seumur hidup kepada Ny. Suwardiningsih, pemimpin komunis setempat, karena keterlibatan dalam percobaan kudeta 1965; ia perempuan pertama yang diadili mahkamah itu.
“sentenced Mrs. Suwardiningsih, a local communist leader, to life imprisonment ... the first woman to be tried by the tribunal”
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- Date
- 1967-06-22
- Creator
- The Straits Times
- Publication
- The Straits Times
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Singapore
- Period
- 1967–1979
- 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)/The Straits Times (1967-06-22) - Woman Red gets life sentence [NewspaperSG straitstimes19670622-1.2.133].txt
- OCR / text
- Good (0.91) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- 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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