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I Ketut Mantram: "Ada Daftar dari Kodim"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: I Ketut Mantram - 'There was a list from the Kodim'

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Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of I Ketut Mantram, 72, PNI village secretary in Jembrana, Bali, who joined the 37-man 'Tameng/Rantai' squad that executed PKI members on Kodim lists for about three months, burying bodies in coastal pits. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Kesaksian Tempo (1 Okt 2012) I Ketut Mantram, 72, sekretaris PNI Desa Baluk, Jembrana, Bali, anggota pasukan 'Tameng/Rantai' 37 orang yang mengeksekusi anggota PKI berdasarkan daftar Kodim selama sekitar tiga bulan, dan mengubur jenazah di lubang pantai. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Tugas kami menjemput dan mengeksekusi orang-orang PKI menurut daftar nama yang diberikan kodim.”

People

I Ketut Mantram

Organisations

Indonesian National PartyCommunist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian ArmyArmy Para-Commando RegimentTameng (Bali militia)

Places

JembranaBalukTegalbadengBaliGilimanuk

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66Tempo special edition on 1965

Topics

killings 1965–66memory, testimony and justice

Tags

eyewitness accountmilitia and volunteersname listdeath penalty

Details

Date
2012-10-01
Creator
Tempo
Publication
Tempo
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Testimony/memoir
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
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) - I Ketut Mantram - Ada Daftar dari Kodim [tempo.co 932907].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.929) · 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
full text read

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