Pancasila Youth

Pancasila Youth
Pemuda Pancasila
LeaderYapto Soerjosoemarno
Dates of operation1959–present
Active regionsIndonesia
IdeologyPancasila
Anti-communism[1][2][3][4]
Ultranationalism[5][6]
Political positionFar-right[7][8]
Major actionsBeheadings, Tortures, Murder, Rapes, Brawlings, Bullyings, Hate speech, Hate crime, Extortion
Notable attacksIndonesian killings of 1965–66
Maluku sectarian conflict
2019 Papua protests
Size3,000,000 (2012)
Websitepemuda-pancasila.or.id
Pancasila Youth members (in black and orange camouflage service attire) in a Youth Pledge Day ceremony in Cirebon Regency, West Java

The Pancasila Youth (Indonesian: Pemuda Pancasila, PP) is an Indonesian far-right paramilitary organization established in 1959. The organisation's name refers to Pancasila, the official "five principles" of the Indonesian state. Pemuda Pancasila was involved in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, and supported the New Order regime of President Suharto. Its members extort money, control car parking and offer security services.[9]

  1. ^ Inside Indonesia, ed. (1999). Inside Indonesia, Issues 57-68. Inside Indonesia, Indonesia Resources and Information Programme. p. 19.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Rechniewski, ed. (2018). Seeking Meaning, Seeking Justice in a Post-Cold War World. Brill. p. 138. ISBN 9789004361676.
  3. ^ Lyn Parker, Pam Nilan, ed. (2013). Adolescents in Contemporary Indonesia. Taylor & Francis. p. Content. ISBN 9781134072385.
  4. ^ Benedict R. O'G. Anderson, ed. (2018). Violence and the State in Suharto's Indonesia. Cornell University Press. p. 133. ISBN 9781501719042.
  5. ^ Ulla Fionna, ed. (2015). Watching the Indonesian Elections 2014. ISEAS Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 9789814620833. Prabowo has accepted support from and declared his willingness to work with such organizations as the (notorious) radical Islamic group Front Pembela Islam (Defenders of Islam Front) and the ultra-nationalist Pemuda Pancasila
  6. ^ "Indonesia film on mass killings stirs debate". AlJazeera. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ^ Jason Crouthamel, Julia Barbara Köhne & Peter Leese 2021, pp. 317.
  8. ^ Geoffrey B. Robinson, ed. (2019). The Killing Season. Princeton University Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780691196497.
  9. ^ Hidayatulah, Syarif (18 August 2022). "Aksi Oknum PP Lakukan Pungli Ternyata Lokasinya di Jalur Alternatif ke Puncak". pakuanraya.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.