Fading Traces of Indonesian Gulags
Detention camps and forced labor sites for political prisoners of 1965 can be found in a number of regions. Most of these camps are nearly unknown today. There is a push to create a memorial.
Abdul Manan
October 3, 2022
WALKING down Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan in Tangerang, Banten, always brings back 40-year-old memories for Bedjo Untung. This area which is now packed with schools, offices, and shopping centers conceals a dark past. “This is where we were subjected to forced labor,” he said on Wednesday, August 31.
Bedjo was a political prisoner in 1965. The man born in Pemalang, Central Java, on March 14, 1948, was arrested on October 14, 1970 in Ja
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