Plantungan concentration camp (Indonesian: Kamp Plantungan, also called Instalasi Rehabilitasi Plantungan "Plantungan rehabilitation installation") was an internment camp for female political prisoners in New Order Indonesia.[1][2][3][4] These prisoners, which numbered about 500 in total, were mostly members of the banned Communist Party of Indonesia, of affiliate organizations like LEKRA, Gerwani, or other leftist organizations, and were mostly "Category B" prisoners who by official admission had no evidence or charges against them.[1][3] It was located in Kendal Regency near Semarang, Central Java and operated from 1971 to 1979.[5] Among the high-profile detainees at Plantungan were Umi Sardjono (chair of Gerwani), Salawati Daud, Mia Bustam (an artist who was the wife of the painter Sindu Sudjojono), Dr. Sumiyarsi Siwirini, a left-wing activist, and Siti Suratih, wife of high-ranking Communist Party leader Oloan Hutapea.
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