GA-03345 1971-01-13 relevance A check rights featured
Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife (Emmy Marjam testimony)
Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife: Emmy Marjam testimony (Straits Times, 1971)
The Straits Times, 13 January 1971, p. 2: at the special-court trial of Pemuda Rakjat chairman Sukatno, witness Emmy Marjam, 24, a Gerwani member now under arrest, testifies that she gouged a general's eyes with a knife and saw friends mutilate another's genitals at Lubang Buaya after training from 26 Sept. Reported as the most detailed atrocity account aired; the army's autopsies later showed no mutilation. OCR is broken.
The Straits Times, 13 Januari 1971, hlm. 2: dalam sidang pengadilan khusus terhadap ketua Pemuda Rakjat Sukatno, saksi Emmy Marjam, 24, anggota Gerwani yang kini ditahan, bersaksi mencungkil mata seorang jenderal dengan pisau dan melihat teman memutilasi jenderal lain di Lubang Buaya setelah berlatih sejak 26 September. Dilaporkan sebagai kisah kekejaman paling rinci; autopsi tentara menunjukkan tidak ada mutilasi. OCR rusak.
“p.1: 'A young woman told a special court here that she gouged the eyes of an army general with a knife... She also testified that she saw her friends mutilating the sexual organs of another general.'”
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)/The Straits Times (1971-01-13) - p. 2, Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife [NewspaperSG straitstimes19710113-1.2.14.2].pdf
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)
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- GA-02046 The Straits Times (1971-01-13) - p. 2, Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife [NewspaperSG straitstimes19710113-1.2.14.2].txt
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