Ratna Sarumpaet
Ratna Sarumpaet | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indonesian |
Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
Occupation(s) | Director, actress, screenwriter, political activist |
Years active | 1969–2018 |
Notable work | Jamila dan Sang Presiden |
Spouse |
Achmad Fahmy Alhady
(m. 1972; div. 1985) |
Children | Mohamad Iqbal Fathom Saulina Ibrahim Atiqah Hasiholan |
Parents |
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Ratna Sarumpaet (born 16 July 1949) is an Indonesian human rights activist, theatrical producer, actress, film director, and writer.[1][2][3] In July 2019 she was sentenced to two years in jail for spreading hoaxes.[4]
Sarumpaet, born into a politically active Christian family in North Sumatra, initially studied architecture in Jakarta. After seeing a play by Willibrordus S. Rendra in 1969, she dropped out and joined his troupe. Five years later, after marrying and converting to Islam, she founded the Satu Merah Panggung; the troupe did mostly adaptations of foreign dramas. As she became increasingly concerned about her marriage and unhappy about the local theatre scene, two years later Sarumpaet left her troupe and began to work in television; she only returned in 1989, after divorcing her abusive husband.
The murder of
After her release, Sarumpaet continued to participate in pro-democracy movements; these actions led to her fleeing Indonesia after hearing rumours that she would be arrested for dissent. When she returned to Indonesia, Sarumpaet continued to write politically charged stageplays. She became head of the Jakarta Art Board in 2003; two years later she was approached by
Background and early career
Sarumpaet was born on 16 July 1949[5] in Tarutung, North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra. She was the fifth of ten children born to Saladin Sarumpaet, Minister of Defence in the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia rebel government, and Julia Hutabarat, a women's rights activist. Both were also prominent in the Christian community.[6] Three of her siblings – Mutiara Sani, Riris Sarumpaet, and Sam Sarumpaet – are members of the Indonesian art community.[5] As a teenager, she moved to Jakarta to study there,[7] finishing her high school studies at PSKD Menteng. In his biography, her classmate Chrisye recalled that Sarumpaet was very confident; he noted that she enjoyed writing poetry and then reading it in a loud voice while other students were engaging in other activities.[8]
By 1969 she was studying architecture at the University of Indonesia. It was at this time that she saw a performance of Kasidah Berzanji (The Berzanji Chant) by a troupe led by Willibrordus S. Rendra, which convinced her to drop out of university and join the troupe.[7][9] In 1974 she founded Satu Merah Panggung Theater, which performed adaptations of foreign works such as the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet – in the latter, Sarumpaet played the titular role.[9]
Sarumpaet became interested in Islam in her teenage years but only converted around 1974 after marrying Achmad Fahmy Alhady, an
In 1976, Sarumpaet, who was suffering domestic violence at home and discouraged by the market, left the theatre and entered the film industry. After her divorce, which took several years and required records of her broken ribs to satisfy the religious courts, she returned to theatre in 1989 with a performance of Shakespeare's
Political theater
Sarumpaet's first original stageplay, Marsinah: Nyanyian dari Bawah Tanah (Marsinah: Song from the Underground),[9][13] was performed in 1994 despite a sponsor abandoning the project near the showing date.[5] The stageplay was based on the 1993 murder of Marsinah, a labour rights leader from East Java, and explored issues of political repression. The murder sparked a period of political activity for Sarumpaet. According to Barbara Hatley in Inside Indonesia, Sarumpaet was obsessed with the case, including seeing Marsinah's face while writing. Sarumpaet later reported that the way the murder was conducted, with Marsinah raped and mutilated, then discarded in a forest, "symbolised the deep, trivialising contempt which men, especially powerful men, feel towards women who dare to speak out".[9]
After Marsinah, Sarumpaet and Satu Merah Panggung performed several other politically themed dramas, including Terpasung (Chained; 1995), about male dominance and violence against women, and Pesta Terakhir (The Last Party; 1996), about the funeral of a dictator without any mourners.
On 11 March 1998, Sarumpaet and eight others were arrested during a gathering held in concurrence with a meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly, in which she and the gathered persons sang the national anthem "Indonesia Raya" and "Padamu Negeri" ("To You, My Country") in front of security forces.[9] The government had banned political meetings of more than five people earlier that month.[6] Six of those arrested were brought up on charges, including Sarumpaet, who was charged with spreading hatred and attending an "anti-revolutionary" political gathering. Her pre-trial motion complaining about irregularities in the arrest, including the lack of a warrant, was dismissed by the court; a judge on the case commented that "singing 'Indonesia Raya' and '[Padamu Negeri]' is proof of their political crime".[9] She was sentenced to 70 days in prison on 20 May – equal to her time served – then released. A day after her release, President Suharto resigned, bringing an end to the New Order.[9]
Post-Suharto work
After her release, Sarumpaet continued to be active in pro-democracy groups;[6] she also wrote another play, Sang Raja (The King).[14] Towards the end of 1998, with the political situation in Indonesia increasingly unstable and Sarumpaet rumoured to be wanted for stirring up dissent, she fled to Europe via Singapore.[6] In December 1998, the Tokyo-based Asia Foundation for Human Rights awarded Sarumpaet the Female Human Rights Special Award.[11]
By 2002 Sarumpaet had returned to Indonesia, where she debuted a stageplay entitled Alia, Luka Serambi Mekah (Alia, Wound of Serambi Mekah) at
In 2003, Sarumpaet was selected to head the Jakarta Art Board (Dewan Kesenian Jakarta), a position which she held until 2006.[16] Two years after her selection, Sarumpaet was approached by
After Pelacur, Sarumpaet began working on a film adaptation entitled
Sarumpaet released her first written work of fiction on 10 December 2010, in commemoration of Human Rights Day. Entitled Maluku, Kobaran Cintaku (Maluku, Flame of My Love), the novel is about the love of a Christian woman and Muslim man set amidst the Maluku sectarian conflict; it delves into the causes of the conflict, including poverty and provocation by the armed forces.[25]
Politics
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On 23 July 2008, while Jamila was in production, Sarumpaet nominated herself as an independent presidential candidate in the
In June 2014, Sarumpaet was upset by a
2016 treason arrest
On the morning of 2 December 2016, Sarumpaet was arrested at a Jakarta hotel on suspicions of being part of a group allegedly plotting a coup against President Joko Widodo's administration.[32] She was released the following day.[33]
2018 false assault claim
In September 2018, Sarumpaet posted a photo showing her bruised face which went viral online, claiming that she was assaulted by unknown assailants at the Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung where she claimed to be attending an international conference. This resulted in prominent opposition figures, including Prabowo Subianto, publicly condemning the "cowardly attack". Subsequent police investigations found that she was not at the airport during the alleged time, and was instead in a plastic surgery clinic in Jakarta.[34]
Soon afterward, she admitted that her claims were lies and that she made up the assault story to hide the plastic surgery from her family. She was also quoted as saying that she is "the best hoax creator".
Despite claims that she would actively criticize the Joko Widodo administration after her release, she instead retracted herself from public appearances.[44][45] Due to her case, she lost her reputation and credibility as a human rights activist and was disgraced by her former political allies.[1][2][3]
On 18 April 2022, she returned to public appearance by appearing on Deddy Corbuzier's podcast. She revealed that she deliberately made the hoax to hide her facial surgery from her child as well as to take people's emotional and political situations to gain significant attention and popularity. Despite admitting her fault, she did not feel guilty and remained unapologetic, even becoming permissive with hoax-making. Her stances were immediately rebuked by Deddy during the podcast.[46][47][48]
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- ^ a b Marhaenjati, Bayu (2019-12-26). "'Best Hoax Creator' Ratna Sarumpaet Freed After 15 Months in Prison". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ a b Souisa, Hellena (2018-10-08). "Misinformation, Ratna the hoaxer, and 1965". Indonesia at Melbourne. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ a b Medistiara, Yulida (11 July 2019). "Divonis 2 Tahun Penjara, Ratna Sarumpaet: Ini Politik Sabar Saja". detikcom. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Fitri 2002, Playwright Ratna still.
- ^ a b c d e f Sarumpaet, Journey.
- ^ a b c d Winet 2007, p. 1190.
- ^ Endah 2007, p. 58.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hatley 1998, Ratna accused, and defiant.
- ^ a b The Jakarta Post 2010, Sarumpaet bags two.
- ^ a b c Dursin and Alia 2007, Ratna Sarumpaet: The agony.
- ^ Jakarta Globe 2006, Putting Politics Center.
- ^ a b c d The Jakarta Post 2000, Ratna Sarumpaet back.
- ^ a b Winet 2007, p. 1191.
- ^ a b The Jakarta Post 2002, 'TVRI' to air Ratna.
- ^ Tempo 2006, Ratna Sarumpaet, 56.
- ^ a b Febrina 2009, A gray world.
- ^ Yazid 2009, A very irresistible 'Jamila'.
- ^ Arianto 2009, Demi Jamila, Atiqah.
- ^ Jakarta Globe 2009, A Portrait of Human.
- ^ Bianpoen 2006, Cultural liberty under.
- ^ Hidayah 2009, Jamila tanpa Presiden.
- ^ The Jakarta Post 2009, 'Jamila dan Sang Presiden'.
- ^ Antara 2010, Jamila dan Sang Presiden.
- ^ Tunny 2010, 'Maluku, Kobaran Cintaku’.
- ^ The Jakarta Post 2008, Ratna wants to run.
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- ^ "8 Activists Arrested for Allegedly Plotting a Coup: Report". Tempo.co. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Jakarta releases 'treason' suspects". Bangkok Post. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Prabowo Subianto campaigner Ratna Sarumpaet claims she was assaulted, police say her bruises were from plastic surgery". coconuts.co. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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- ^ Damarjati, Danu (4 October 2018). "Bantah Ingin Melarikan Diri, Ratna Sarumpaet Jadi Pembicara di Chile". detikNews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Jakarta Tourism Agency sponsored Ratna Sarumpaet's trip to Chile". The Jakarta Post. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Ratna arrested at Soekarno-Hatta". The Jakarta Post. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- ^ "Polisi: Ratna Sarumpaet Bayar Oplas dengan Rekening Bantuan Toba (Police: Ratna paid for plastic surgery from the Toba aid account)". detik.com (in Indonesian). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Siddiq, Taufiq (28 May 2019). "Kasus Kabar Bohong, Ratna Sarumpaet Dituntut 6 Tahun Penjara". Tempo.co. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Ratna Sarumpaet Bebas, Akan Tetap 'Ngegas'". detikcom. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Wolajan, Finneke (2021-08-12). "Masih Ingat Ratna Sarumpaet? Menghilang Usai Dipenjara Kasus Hoax, Ngaku Kritik Jokowi Karena Sayang". Tribun Manado (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Ansar (2021-08-14). "Masih Ingat Ratna Sarumpaet? Dulu Bikin Gaduh saat Jokowi dan Prabowo Bertarung di Pilpres 2019". Tribun Timur (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- ^ Bagus, Iswara (2022-04-18). "Lama Tak Muncul, Ratna Sarumpaet Mengungkap Pernyataan Mengejutkan di Podcast Deddy Corbuzier - Ayo Semarang - Halaman 2". Ayo Semarang (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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External links
- Official website
- Ratna Sarumpaet at IMDb