Journalists Association Suspends 77 Members (FBIS, 26 Oct 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION SUSPENDS 77 MEMBERS Djakarta ANTARA in English 1402 GMT 26 October 1965--B (Text) Djakarta, 26 October--The Djakarta Raya chapter of the Indonesian Association of Journalists (PWI) in its session 25 October decided to temporarily suspend an additional 77 members. The 77 suspended members are editors and journalists of the WARTA BHAKTI,. BINTANG TIMUR, GELORA INDONESIA, IBUKOTA, and EKONOMI NASIONAL newspapers which were banned after the outbreak of the so-called 30 September affair. === [PDF page 2] === Last week, PWI Djakarta suspended a total of 40 journalists from the HARIAN RAK JAT _ and KEBUDA JAAN BARU dailies and Antara. Among the 77 members suspended 25 October are A, Karim, editor in chief of WARTA BHAKTI and general chairman of the Central Board of PWI, and Djoni Hendra Sitompul, another WARTA BHAKTI editor and secretary general of the Djakarta Raya PWI, Meanwhile, a report from Bandowoso, East Java, said that the Besuki chapter of the PWI had temporarily suspended six of its members while inactivating four other's Peking investigations (as received). At the same time, PWI of Besuki decided to dismiss the PWI Besuki Executive Board and to appoint a new one with Abdul Kadir as chairman and M.H. Aka as secretary. PWI Besuki also adopted a resolution demanding a ban of the Indonesian Communist Party and its affiliated mass organizations for having been puppets of the abortive 30 September Movement coup. In Jogdjakarta, Central Java, it was reported that the PWI Jogdjakarta Board at a session on 23 October decided to temporarily suspend from its membership the editors and journalists of the papers and magazines which have been banned in connection with Gestapu. On 22 October the Jogdjakarta authorities decided to temporarily ban the newspaper ARIWARTI WASPADA affiliated with the PKI; KALWRTA WASPADA, affiliated with the -BII and Gerwani; and the magazine PESAT affiliated with the Indonesian Scientists Association (HSI).