DR. Haji Ali Akbar, a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) from the Masyumi Party, read the weekly newspaper Sin Po on April 27, 1958, which reported on an inmate at the Bukit Duri women’s prison in Jakarta named Djalimin, who was from Padang, West Sumatra. The article stated that she had been sentenced by the Dutch government for killing four Dutch people during the revolution.
As someone born in Bukittinggi and the representative of the people there, Ali Akbar was moved to find out the fate of this female prisoner from his hometown. He submitted five questions to the leadership of the DPR RI via a letter received on April 30, 1958. The Speaker of the DPR RI then forwarded Ali Akbar’s questions to the Minister of Justice via letter No. 6264/DPR-RI/1958 dated May 2, 1958.
It took the government quite some time to respond to Ali Akbar’s questions. This was because the government had to request clarification from the Prison Service, which in turn was awaiting information from the Bukittinggi District Court and the Padang District Court. Consequently, the government didn't provide a written response until November 22, 1958.
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