Four years later he became chief of staff to the Greater Jakarta Military Governor and was promoted to major, managing to foil a coup by the Legion of the Just Ruler (APRA), a pro-Dutch militia group led by Raymond Westerling.

Parman went to investigate and twenty-four men in the uniform of the Tjakrabirawa (Presidential Guard) burst into the living room.

Later that night, along with the other 2 generals and 1 first officer who had been taken alive, Parman was shot dead and his body dumped in a disused well.

According to the testimony of Soekitman, a police office who was taken alive to Lubang Buaya and was the key guide that help the army troops located the disused well, he saw one of the kidnapped General who was still alive and wearing full military uniform complete with its two-star insignia on his shoulder was brought right in-front of him for being interrogated and refuse when forced to sign a letter, stating that he was part of the General Council that was rumored by the PKI that about to initiate military coup to topple Soekarno's presidency, by one of the member of 30 September Movement insurgent.

[6] Later on the General who refuse to sign was brought and dumped to the disused well while still alive by the member of 30 September movement insurgent.

It can be implied that it was Parman that Soekitman saw, since he is the only General that was still alive and wearing the complete full military uniform when kidnapped by the member 30 September Movement insurgent.