Gestapu-PKI Defendant Sentenced to Death (FBIS, 14 Jul 1976)
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 14 Jul 1976): the Banten court martial sentenced former air force sergeant Marsudi to death for complicity in the 1965 Gestapu-PKI affair. The tribunal held him and Maun of Cakrabirawa responsible for the generals' deaths at Lubang Buaya, together with the Sukwan, described as a women volunteer corps. Gerwani is not named.
Berita FBIS (radio Jakarta, 14 Juli 1976): mahkamah militer Banten menjatuhkan hukuman mati kepada bekas sersan AU Marsudi karena keterlibatan dalam Gestapu-PKI 1965. Majelis menilai ia dan Maun dari Cakrabirawa bertanggung jawab atas kematian para jenderal di Lubang Buaya bersama Sukwan, yang disebut barisan sukarelawati. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“p. 2: the death of the army generals... was the full responsibility of the accused together with Maun, a member of the Cakrabirawa regiment and the Sukwan [women volunteer corps].”
Harian Neraca, 2 Mei 1989, p. 10: instalment 103 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Mahmilub testimony incl. Serma Marsudi (1976) on training 3,000 volunteers from Lekra, PR, Gerwani, CGMI, BTI and others at Lubang Buaya.
shared: Marsudi, Lubang Buaya, Lubang Buaya and sexual slander, trials (Mahmillub)
TAPOL Bulletin no. 18, October 1976. Editorial 'Eleven Years' and reports on Sudomo's reneged release pledges, new arrests, IGGI's $2,400m credit, the death sentence on Sgt-Maj Marsudi for the generals' killings (with testimony that Lubang Buaya training was officially organised by the Air Force), an inside account of
shared: Marsudi, Lubang Buaya, Lubang Buaya and sexual slander, trials (Mahmillub)
TAPOL Bulletin no. 90 (London, Dec 1988): East Timor, Golkar congress, executions of two 1965 Cakrabirawa prisoners, Kopkamtib replaced by Bakorstanas, 'clean-self/clean-environment' screening, and Suharto's role in the G30S. In the G30S article, a section on a 'myth coming unstuck' says the 1965 press claims that Gerw
shared: Cakrabirawa Regiment, Lubang Buaya, death penalty, Lubang Buaya and sexual slander
De Tijd commentary by C.H. Schaap (29 Sep 1967) on the executions of Untung and others for the 1965 coup. It says the generals were killed at Halim by "volunteers" trained by Maj. Sujono, "among them members of the communist women's organisation Gerwani", and notes the trials were broadcast and published.
shared: Cakrabirawa Regiment, death penalty, Lubang Buaya and sexual slander, trials (Mahmillub)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 September 1966. Page 2 regional item mentioning Gerwani; front page shows New Order consolidation (Suharto: no place for PKI; Sukarno 'I am a Marxist') and Mahmillub death sentences in Medan.
shared: death penalty, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
De Waarheid item (21 Aug 1985, p.3) profiling death-row PKI prisoners Djoko Untung and Gatot Sutarjo, sentenced at Blitar on 2 Jan 1976, with Suharto rejecting clemency. Untung's wife Natsia, a known East Java Gerwani member, was arrested in 1968 and still imprisoned; Sutarjo's wife Poedji Aswati was jailed for 15 year
shared: death penalty, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
Trouw (21 Feb 1966): after the prosecutor demanded the death penalty for SOBSI leader Njono, his lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers argues nothing proves a plot to overthrow the government; Njono gave an hour-long political defence. Lawyer complains of two days' preparation; PKI-linked Colonel Latief reportedly arrested. N
shared: death penalty, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
De Waarheid (30 Sep 1985, p.5) excerpts the 1973 defence plea of PKI/union leader Mohammad Munir, executed in May 1985, before a military tribunal. He describes the post-October 1965 hate campaign aimed at PKI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani, the mass killings and camps; an editorial note says the generals' deaths were used
shared: death penalty, Lubang Buaya and sexual slander, trials (Mahmillub), killings 1965–66