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Dari Gudang Beras ke Kebun Pisang (Pembantaian di Grobogan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: From the rice warehouse to the banana grove (Grobogan massacre)

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Tempo reconstruction (1 Oct 2012) of army-directed killings of PKI members in Grobogan/Purwodadi, 1967-68 (Operasi Kikis), centred on a rice-warehouse detention camp at Kuwu. Draws on Poncke Princen's 1969 exposure, Henk Kolb's list of mass graves, Hanra Inti militia and Kodam Diponegoro intelligence figures. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Rekonstruksi Tempo (1 Okt 2012) pembunuhan anggota PKI di Grobogan/Purwodadi yang dikomando tentara, 1967-68 (Operasi Kikis), berpusat pada kamp tahanan bekas gudang beras di Kuwu. Bersumber dari pengungkapan Poncke Princen 1969, daftar kuburan massal Henk Kolb, milisi Hanra Inti, dan data intelijen Kodam Diponegoro. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Lebih baik kalian (masyarakat) membersihkan (komunis) sendiri daripada saya yang membersihkannya (Lt Col Tedjo Suwarno).”

People

Poncke PrincenM. PanggabeanBudiardjoWignyo SumartoHenk KolbMamikBonnie TriyanaTedjo SuwarnoSuronoMaskun IskandarSugiri

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaHanra IntiDiponegoro Military Command (Central Java)Kodim 0717Haagsche Courant

Places

GroboganPurwodadiKuwuKradenanGundihSemarangCentral Java

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66Tempo special edition on 1965

Topics

killings 1965–66arrests and detentionmemory, testimony and justiceNew Order

Tags

mass graves

Details

Date
2012-10-01
Creator
Tempo
Publication
Tempo
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Tempo (tempo.co / Majalah Tempo archive) · source link
Access
subscription (Tempo Digital Premium, Nath’s account); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)/Tempo (2012-10-01) - Dari Gudang Beras ke Kebun Pisang [tempo.co 932912].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.948) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)
Summary basis
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