Tan_Eng_Hoa

Tan Eng Hoa

Tan Eng Hoa

Indonesian independence activist (1907-1949)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Tan Eng Hoa (1907 – April 1949) was born in Semarang and studied in the HBS. He graduated in law from the Rechts Hogeschool in Batavia in 1932. In 1945, he represented the Chinese Indonesians community in the Japanese-sponsored Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence,[1] where he proposed an article for the freedom of association in the drafting of the Constitution of Indonesia.[2] He died in April 1949 due to pancreatic cancer.[2]

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Early life

Tan was born in Semarang in 1907, to parents who owned a grocery store.[3]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Setyautama, Sam (2008). Tokoh-tokoh etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. p. 349. ISBN 9789799101259.
  2. [2]
    "Pengusul Pasal Kebebasan Berserikat". Gatra (in Indonesian). 13 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War: In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. BRILL. 2009. p. 607. ISBN 978-90-04-19017-7.
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