Death Penalty Ordered
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON. December 26. President Soekarno, of Indonesia, has ordered that the death penalty be demanded for people found guilty of “disrupting the nation’s economy.” He issued the order to curb the rising price of rice after his order to “liberate” West New Guinea, the British United Press reported fro .1 Djakarta. Rice disappeared from the Djakarta market places after the announcement of the "liberation” command.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29706, 27 December 1961, Page 13
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