Pancasila Youth

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Pancasila Youth
Pemuda Pancasila
Leader	Yapto Soerjosoemarno
Dates of operation	1959-present
Active regions	Indonesia
Ideology	Pancasila Anti-communism[1][2][3][4] Ultranationalism[5][6]
Political position	Far-right[7][8]
Major actions	Beheadings, Tortures, Murder, Rapes, Brawlings, Bullyings, Hate speech, Hate crime
Notable attacks	Indonesian killings of 1965–66 Maluku sectarian conflict 2019 Papua protests
Size	3,000,000 (2012)

The Pancasila Youth (Indonesian: Pemuda Pancasila, PP) is an Indonesian far-right paramilitary organization established by General Abdul Haris Nasution on 28 October 1959 as the youth wing of the League of Supporters of Indonesian Independence.^[9][10][11]

History[]

It has been headed since 1981 by Yapto Soerjosoemarno,^[12] and was one of the semi-official political gangster (preman) groups that supported the New Order military dictatorship of Suharto. The organisation's name refers to Pancasila, the official "five principles" of the Indonesian state. Pancasila Youth played an important role in supporting Suharto's military coup in 1965: they ran death squads for the Indonesian army, killing a million or more alleged communists and Chinese Indonesians across the province of Northern Sumatra, as described in the 2012 documentary The Act of Killing.

In the documentary, it is stated that the organisation currently has three million members. National membership estimates from the late 1990s ranged from four to ten million people.^[12]

In May 2020, the Bekasi chapter of the Pancasila Youth mailed out letters to prominent local businesspeople asking for Tunjangan Hari Raya in exchange for "peace and security". The Bekasi Police has demanded the chapter retract the letter.^[13]

Members[]

• Anwar Congo^[14][15]

See also[]

• Indonesian killings of 1965–66
• Pancasila (politics)
• Patriot Party (Indonesia)
• Red guards
• Colectivo (Venezuela)
• Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
• Tonton Macoute
• Ku Klux Klan
• Zaitokukai

References[]

Further reading[]

• Ryter, Loren (October 1998). "Pemuda Pancasila: The Last Loyalist Free Men of Suharto's Order" (PDF). Indonesia. 66 (66): 45–73. doi:10.2307/3351447. hdl:1813/54155. JSTOR 3351447. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

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