Oey Tamba Sia
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Oey Tamba Sia, also spelt Oeij Tambah Sia, or often mistakenly Oey Tambahsia, was a rich, Chinese-Indonesian playboy hanged by the Dutch colonial government due to his involvement in a number of murde
A litograph of Batavia, based on a drawing by C. Deeleman (1859).
Tjoa Boan Soeij's Oeij Tambah Sia (first edition, second volume)
Tan Eng Goan
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Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen was a high-ranking bureaucrat who served as the first Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia, capital of colonial Indonesia. This was the highest-ranking Chinese position
Oey Tamba Sia
…city's Chinese officers, who were his late father's friends and colleagues in the colonial bureaucracy. In particular, Oey was disrespectful towards Tan Eng Goan, 1st Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia, head of the city's Chinese community, because the latter had relied on Oey's father for financial support. According to Phoa, Oey spurned the exasperated…
Portrait of Tan Eng Goan 1st Majoor der Chinezen of Batavia Mid-19th century (Leiden University)
A painting of Batavia in 1860 by Jan Weissenbruch
Viscount du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General at the time of Tan's elevation to the Captaincy