Indonesian Moslem Seeks P.K.I. Ban

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30943, 27 December 1965, Page 9

Indonesian Moslem Seeks P.K.I. Ban

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DJAKARTA, Dec. 26.

An Indonesian Moslem leader said communism “should be wiped off the face of the earth,” Antara said today, United Press International reports.

Hadji Djamaluddin Malik, of the Moslem Scholars’ Party, also called for the complete eradication of the Indonesian Communist Party for its abuse of the national ideology, Antara said.

The Moslem leader of West Java urged all laws and regulations passed in Indonesia

under Communist pressure be reviewed. Antara did not specify which laws he was referring to. Mr Malik is the latest in a long list of Indonesian political and religious leaders who have urged the P.K.I. be outlawed because of its role in the abortive October 1 coup. The anti-Communist campaign was continuing. A purge in the Indonesian party’s (Partindo) top leadership was announced in a report released yesterday. The announcement said four of the Partindo’s top leaders had been replaced by other members of the central party executive board. The partindo was one of a number of parties and groups suspended by the Government

in the wake of the coup attempt. The Justice Minister, Mr Astrawinata, instructed the nation's courts to give speedy, on-the-spot trials to people accused of economic crimes. The Higher Education Minister, Mr Thajeb, approved reinstatement of 152 suspended employees cleared by interrogation and indoctrination teams. Antara said a total of 222 department employees were suspended after the abortive October 1 coup. Those returning to work would not necessarily get their old jobs back, the report said. In Moscow. “Pravda" called today for an end to antiCommunist activities in Indonesia, the Associated Press reported.