Tempo, 1 October 2012: After the pistol fired at Tegalbadeng (killings in Bali)
Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on how mass killing began in Bali from Tegalbadeng, Jembrana, after a shooting on 30 Nov 1965; PNI 'Tameng Marhaenis' squads, trucks and beach executions, with RPKAD arrival in Dec (Geoffrey Robinson). Testimony from Ida Bagus Raka Negara and others on the Toko Wong detention site. Gerwani is not mentioned.
Laporan Tempo (1 Okt 2012) tentang awal pembantaian massal di Bali dari Tegalbadeng, Jembrana, setelah penembakan 30 Nov 1965; pasukan 'Tameng Marhaenis' PNI, truk dan eksekusi di pantai, serta kedatangan RPKAD Desember (Geoffrey Robinson). Kesaksian Ida Bagus Raka Negara dan lainnya tentang tempat tahanan Toko Wong. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“Barulah setelah Sutedja dicopot pada akhir November 1965, mulai terjadi perubahan (Bali).”
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.
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Tempo special edition on 1965, Indonesian National Party, Army Para-Commando Regiment
Jean-Louis Margolin's 47-page review essay (Archipel 99, 2020, in French) on the 'new historiography' of 1965 through eight books, summarising findings on army-militia cooperation, NU/Ansor, sexual violence and prisons, and critiquing Melvin and Robinson.
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Ansor Youth Movement, Geoffrey Robinson, Bali
Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Banyuwangi: the 'Gagak Hitam' force of NU/PNI members hunted communists after 62 Ansor were killed at Cemethuk (commemorated at the Pancasila Jaya monument, called Lubang Buaya Cemethuk). Testimony of Baidawi and ex-Lekra secretary Andang Chatif Yusuf; bodies thrown into Jurang Tangis. Gerw
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Tempo special edition on 1965, Indonesian National Party, Ansor Youth Movement
Iwan Gardono Sudjatmiko's 1992 Harvard sociology PhD thesis compares East Java and Bali to explain the PKI's destruction after 1965, arguing that it followed from the party's 1963 revolutionary strategy and that violence depended on public figures, army units and PKI size. It covers mobilisation, land reform and local
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Indonesian National Party, Ansor Youth Movement, Tameng (Bali militia)
Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Chambali, 70, former Banser chief of Rengel, Tuban, who describes beheading PKI members at Jurang Watu Rongko in 1965-66 on lists from the district office and military, encouraged by NU leader Kiai Murtadji. Recalls sparing one man who recited the creed. Tempo adds a note on the ravine's
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Tempo special edition on 1965, Ansor Youth Movement, militia and volunteers
PhD dissertation in History (UCLA, 2014) by Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan on U.S. anti-communist operations and the 1965-66 purge in Surabaya. Gerwani appears in context: as the PKI's women's affiliate (ch. 1), through the Surabaya women's coalition GOWS in the 27 September 1965 Grahadi demonstration (ch. 4), and in the Army
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Indonesian National Party, Ansor Youth Movement, Geoffrey Robinson
Long Tempo feature (1 Oct 2012) on Kediri and Probolinggo killings: Ansor/Banser, Lirboyo santri led by Gus Maksum and army units, from the 13 Oct 1965 rally and the burning of the PKI office, using 'drop' trucks from Koramil, with the Kanigoro (Jan 1965) background. Testimony of Abdul Malik and Haji SY. Gerwani is not
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Tempo special edition on 1965, Ansor Youth Movement, Brawijaya Military Command (East Java)
Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on killing sites in Lumajang (Pandanwangi, Curah Mayit, Srebet) and Magetan (Puhrancang well, Gangsiran forest), with testimony from Ansor/Banser participants and villagers. Notes NU leaders called it jihad, army backing, and that many victims were not PKI. Gerwani is not mentioned.
shared: Mass killings of 1965–66, Tempo special edition on 1965, Indonesian National Party, Ansor Youth Movement