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Bebas dari tahanan (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo 5 Januari 1980

Released from detention (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo, 5 Jan 1980

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Short Tempo item, 5 January 1980, on the release of Dr Soetanti Aidit, 57, widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, from detention on 20 December 1979. Held from 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison and never moved, she was separated from her five children for 13 years, declines to talk about the past and hopes to practise medicine again, though still obliged to report to the Kodim. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Berita singkat Tempo, 5 Januari 1980, tentang pembebasan dr. Soetanti Aidit (57), janda Ketua PKI D.N. Aidit, dari tahanan pada 20 Desember 1979. Ditahan sejak 1966 di penjara wanita Bukit Duri tanpa pernah dipindah, ia terpisah 13 tahun dari lima anaknya, enggan menceritakan masa lalu dan ingin kembali berpraktik dokter, meski masih wajib lapor ke Kodim. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Ny. Soetanti Aidit, 57 tahun, janda Ketua Umum PKI D.N. Aidit, termasuk salah seorang yang mengakhiri masa penahanannya 20 Desember yang lalu.”

People

Soetanti AiditD.N. Aidit

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Army

Places

Bukit Duri PrisonJakartaBandung

Topics

arrests and detentionNew Orderbiography1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

prisoner releasesnews brief

Details

Date
1980-01-05
Publication
Tempo (edisi 5 Januari 1980)
Document type
periodical article
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
Tempo (tempo.co) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)/Tempo (1980-01-05) - Bebas dari tahanan (Sutanti Aidit) [tempo.co 1085251].txt
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Good · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)
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