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Sebuah Kamp di Tengah Sungai (Pulau Kemaro, Palembang)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: A camp in the middle of the river (Pulau Kemaro, Palembang)

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Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Pulau Kemaro, Palembang, used as a military concentration camp in the 1960s-70s; Komnas HAM heard of about 30,000 killed or disappeared in South Sumatra. Testimony of Suwandi and Mochtar Effendy on torture, starvation and mass killing in Sept-Oct 1966 when prisoners dropped to 17. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Laporan Tempo (1 Okt 2012) tentang Pulau Kemaro, Palembang, yang dipakai sebagai kamp konsentrasi militer 1960-70-an; Komnas HAM mendapat kesaksian sekitar 30 ribu orang terbunuh atau hilang di Sumatra Selatan. Kesaksian Suwandi dan Mochtar Effendy soal penyiksaan, kelaparan dan pembunuhan massal pada Sept-Okt 1966 ketika tawanan menyusut jadi 17. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Sekitar 30 ribu orang telah dibunuh dan hilang di provinsi itu, termasuk di pulau tersebut (Komnas HAM).”

People

SuwandiMochtar EffendyCapa SiahaanTindaonZulkifli

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaNational Commission on Human RightsSriwijaya Military Command (South Sumatra)Sriwijaya Military Police

Places

PalembangKemaro IslandMusi RiverBengkuluJambiLampungSouth Sumatra

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66Tempo special edition on 1965

Topics

arrests and detentionkillings 1965–66memory, testimony and justice

Tags

prisons

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
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) - Sebuah Kamp di Tengah Sungai [tempo.co 932889].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.951) · 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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