Old Indonesian communists still imprisoned

Old Indonesian communists still imprisoned

On August 17, justice minister Muladi announced the release from prison of 78-year-old Manan Effendi Tjokroharjo and 80-year-old Alexander Warouw. Both were Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leaders in Kalimantan before 1965. Muladi also announced that a PKI trade union leader arrested in 1967, 72-year-old Pujo Prasetyo, would be released.

However, 10 other people arrested in 1965 or soon after remain in prison. They are pro-Sukarno military officers accused of siding with the PKI, Colonel Abdul Latief (72), Sergeant I. Bungkus (61) and Nataneal Marsudi (68); and PKI leaders Markus Giroth (62), Asep Suryaman (72), Isnanto (age unknown), Sri Suharjo (70), Soma Suryabrata (71), Buyung Ketek (58), Markus Giroth (62), and Sido (age unknown).

From GLW issue 330