Gumuljo Wreksoatmodjo Papers

Thesis and diploma of the Rechtshogeschool, 1939; typescripts, reports, press clippings and trial documents on the "Peristiwa Bandar Betsy", as he was a member of the legal team defending Barisan Tani Indonesia (BTI) against Perusahaan Perkebunan Nasional (PPN) over plantation land conflict and the death of a veteran guard Sudjono at Bandar Betsy, North Sumatra, 1964-1966; memoirs "Kidung Tatanan Rusak" on his years in Salemba prison in the form of Javanese 'tembang Dandanggula'; correspondence by J. Erkelens, W.F. Wertheim and others on the life and fate of Wreksoatmodjo and other (ex-) tapols under Suharto 1979-1980, 1987-1988; copies of two letters of asylum request to the Dutch embassy; a letter to the UN General Secretary over the hardships and discrimination problems of the tapols after officially being "returned to the society" (dimasyarakatkan kembali), as a result of the legal and political actions of the Soeharto government. Born in Solo, Java, Indonesia, 1912, died in Solo, 1996; followed primary and secondary education in Yogyakarta; studied law at the Rechtshogeschool in Batavia, a student of professor W.F. Wertheim, and graduated in 1939. Defense lawyer of the farmers on Bandar Betsy case; director of NV Bank Timur in Semarang; member of left-leaning Himpoenan Sardjana Indonesia (HSI), but also member of Islamic organization Nadhlatul Ulama (NU). In March 1966, acted as the defense attorney of Letkol Untung Sjamsjuri, one of the main actors of the so called "failed coup of Gerakan 30 September (G30S)", at the Mahmilub (extraordinary military court). Shortafter, in December 1966, is arrested at his home and prisoned as political prisoner (tahanan politik/tapol) in Salemba.