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Ogah Dipaksa Kawin, Maisuri Kawin Lari Berujung Dibui (Historia, 2024)
Refusing forced marriage, Maisuri eloped and was jailed (Historia, 2024)
Historia article (24 July 2024) on the 1954-55 Maisuri case in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra: a girl forced into marriage to an elderly man with three wives fled, eloped and was jailed by an adat court. A forced-marriage case later taken up in Gerwani's campaigns.
Artikel Historia (24 Juli 2024) tentang kasus Maisuri 1954-55 di Ogan Ilir, Sumatra Selatan: seorang gadis dipaksa menikah dengan lelaki tua beristri tiga, kawin lari dan dipenjara pengadilan adat. Kasus kawin paksa yang kemudian diangkat dalam kampanye Gerwani.
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- 2024
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- Matanasi
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- Indonesian; Dutch
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- Historia.id web article, https://www.historia.id/article/ogah-dipaksa-kawin-maisuri-kawin-lari-berujung-dibui-pn78r ; retrieved 2026-10-13 and saved as plain text; open access at the time of retrieval (full text captured). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- Matanasi, P. (2024, July 24). Ogah dipaksa kawin, Maisuri kawin lari berujung dibui [Refusing a forced marriage, Maisuri elopes and ends up in jail]. Historia. https://www.historia.id/article/ogah-dipaksa-kawin-maisuri-kawin-lari-berujung-dibui-pn78r [author byline not captured in the saved text; author name taken from the file name, verify on the live page]
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