Tempo, 29 August 1999: Interview with Sulami - 'I have an obsession to expose the G30S killings'
Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role at Lubang Buaya, calls the Fifth Force rumour, and recalls army trucks demanding Gerwani 'surrender' on 1 Oct 1965 when only angklung were in the office.
Wawancara Tempo (29 Agu 1999) dengan Sulami, bekas Wakil II Sekjen DPP Gerwani, dengan biografi singkat: ditangkap 12 Feb 1967 atas perintah Amir Machmud, diadili 1975, bebas 1984, disiksa rotan di sela jari dan ancaman perkosaan; mendirikan yayasan penelitian korban 1965-66. Ia membantah peran Gerwani di Lubang Buaya, menyebut Angkatan Kelima sekadar rumor, dan mengenang truk tentara menuntut Gerwani 'menyerah' pada 1 Okt 1965 padahal kantor hanya berisi angklung.
“Tidak ada anggota Gerwani yang terlibat peristiwa itu. Tapi, yang punya sumur Lubangbuaya itu kebetulan istrinya adalah pengurus Gerwani.”
December 2002 LPKP-65 memorial booklet for Sulami (1926-2002), former Gerwani leader and YPKP 1965/66 chair, with her biography (arrested 1967, 20-year sentence, released 1984) and documents on exhumations, letters to Komnas HAM and forensic work.
shared: Arrest of Sulami and Sudjinah, Foundation for Research on the Victims of the 1965–66 Killings, Sulami, Vienna
Pohlman's chapter on the interrogation and torture centres ('devil's houses') in the army's 1965-70 detention system, opening with Sudjinah's account of capture with Sulami in Feb 1967 and torture at Gunung Sahari. Evidence from a handful of survivor testimonies.
shared: Arrest of Sulami and Sudjinah, Sulami, torture, prisons
English typescript prison memoir by Sudjinah, Gerwani translator and journalist (c. 2000): courier in 1945-49, WIDF secretariat in Berlin, Gerwani HQ in 1965, capture in 1967, torture and detention at Bukit Duri and Tangerang. Key Gerwani survivor memoir.
shared: Arrest of Sulami and Sudjinah, Bukit Duri Prison, Tangerang, torture
Short FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 3 Feb 1975): four leaders of the PKI-affiliated Gerwani, Mrs Sri Ambar, Sujinah, Sulami and Suharti, went on trial in the Central Jakarta district court on subversion, conspiracy and rebellion charges linked to Gestapu-PKI. The report calls them the first PKI woman leaders to be tried.
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Sulami, Suharti Suwarto, court record
TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrest
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Sulami, Bukit Duri Prison, Tangerang
Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl
shared: Arrest of Sulami and Sudjinah, Sulami, torture
Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl
shared: Arrest of Sulami and Sudjinah, Sulami, torture
JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 Nov 1978), mostly economic and military news. Two Indonesian items matter: Angkatan Bersenjata (8 Jul 1978) reports that Dr Tanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, described as a Gerwani leader, will be tried for subversion (second Gerwani case after Sulami and thre
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Sulami, Kebayoran Baru, court record