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Suara Merdeka, 26 Juni 1968, hlm. 1: Pelatih Genjer-genjer di Lubang Buaja diringkus

Suara Merdeka, 26 June 1968, p. 1: Genjer-genjer trainer at Lubang Buaya arrested

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Suara Merdeka front page, 26 June 1968: an Antara/Pendam V Jaya report that four alleged PKI members were arrested in Jakarta, including Titi Suwarti, said to have joined training at Lubang Buaya and taught Genjer-genjer. Shows New Order framing of women's alleged role at Lubang Buaya.

Halaman depan Suara Merdeka, 26 Juni 1968: laporan Antara/Pendam V Jaya tentang penangkapan empat orang yang dituduh PKI di Jakarta, termasuk Titi Suwarti yang disebut ikut latihan di Lubang Buaya dan mengajarkan Genjer-genjer. Menunjukkan bingkai Orde Baru tentang peran perempuan di Lubang Buaya.

People

Titi SuwartiAdam MalikSuharto

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's YouthKodim 0501 (Central Jakarta)Jakarta Military CommandAntara News Agency

Places

JakartaKaranganyarMatraman

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionpropaganda and mediaNew Order

Tags

songnew order narrative

Details

Date
1968-06-26
Creator
Suara Merdeka
Publication
Suara Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (Semarang daily, front page))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional, SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site; item id 74503 in the file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. 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. (1968, June 26). Suara Merdeka, Tahun XIX, No. 108, p. 1. Semarang.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Suara Merdeka (1965-1968) - pages mentioning Gerwani and Lubang Buaja (MPN SIDAK)/Suara Merdeka (1968-06-26) - p. 01, Lubang Buaja hit [MPN SIDAK 74503].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.866) · proof-reading: whole text (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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