# Claim 932

In 1926, due to repeated application of Article 153 bis of the Penal Code, the communist-linked newspaper Mawa ceased publication only a year after its first issue.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: In 1926, due to repeated application of Article 153 bis of the Penal Code, the communist-linked newspaper Mawa ceased publication only a year after its first issue.
- Field: action
- Value: Mawa ceased publication in 1926 under Article 153 bis
- About: [incident 1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis)
- Source: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation). https://ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fe4bfdb2-a196-4b98-9706-23bf333c79f9/content
- Publisher: Nobuto Yamamoto, Print Power and Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1914-1942 (Cornell University dissertation)
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2011

## Quotation from the source

> in 1926, due to a series of application of Article 153 bis of the Penal Code, the voice of Soerakarta’s Communist Association of the Indies (Perhimpoean Komunis di India, PKI), Mawa, ceased publication, only one year after its inaugural issue.

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