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Suara Merdeka, 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2

Suara Merdeka, 30 October 1965, p. 2: Pekanbaru crowds raze PKI and mass-organisation offices

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Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. After a rally in Pekanbaru crowds razed all offices of the PKI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Baperki and BTI within a day; members were 'rescued' from crowds by state organs, some injured.

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. Setelah rapat di Pekanbaru massa menghancurkan semua kantor PKI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Baperki, dan BTI dalam sehari; anggota 'diselamatkan' dari massa oleh aparat negara, beberapa terluka.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPeople's YouthConsultative Body for Indonesian CitizenshipIndonesian Peasants' Front

Places

PekanbaruRiau

Events

Regional bans of the PKI and its mass organisationsMass killings of 1965–66

Topics

killings 1965–66arrests and detentionpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Details

Date
1965-10-30
Creator
Suara Merdeka
Publication
Suara Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper page image (two-page opening of a daily, JPG scan))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Access
Downloaded 2026-10-15 via Nath's Chrome (see 'Download Log 2026-10-15.csv'); page image from the Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK digital newspaper archive (https://mpn.komdigi.go.id/arsip/), open online access without login; site licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (as recorded in the SIDAK search-results file). Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Suara Merdeka. (1965, October 30). [Pages 2–3, two-page opening; includes "Djuga kantor PKI & Baperki di Riau hantjur"]. Suara Merdeka (Semarang). Monumen Pers Nasional, SIDAK digital collection (item 74470).
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Suara Merdeka (1965-1968) - pages mentioning Gerwani and Lubang Buaja (MPN SIDAK)/Suara Merdeka (1965-10-30) - p. 02, Gerwani hit [MPN SIDAK 74470].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.757) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Suara Merdeka (1965-1968) - pages mentioning Gerwani and Lubang Buaja (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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