Mergosono massacre

Mergosono massacre
Part of Indonesian National Revolution
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Location	Malang, East Java, Dutch East Indies
Date	31 July 1947 (1947-07-31)
Attack type	massacre
Deaths	30[1]
Victims	Chinese community of
Perpetrators	Indonesian revolutionaries

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The Mergosono massacre (Indonesian: Tragedi Mergosono) was committed by Indonesian revolutionaries against members of the Chinese community of in Malang, East Java on 31 July 1947 during the Indonesian National Revolution. Suspected of espionage for the Dutch colonial authorities, 30 Chinese men and women were rounded up, tortured, and burned, before being buried at a former noodle factory. The bodies were exhumed and reburied in a mass grave on 3 August the same year.^[1]

The victims[]

The identities of 24 victims were provided by the local . The other six victims remain unknown.

1. Sie Bian Kiet (football player, popularly known as Freddy Sie)
2. Sie Bian Ten
3. Tan Soen Seng
4. Tan Teng San
5. unnamed wife of Tan Teng San
6. Koo Pan Tjo
7. Kwee Giok Tjhoen
8. Oen Nam Tjing
9. Koo Siam Tjo
10. Kwee Keh Tien
11. Kwee Lian Sie
12. unnamed wife of Kwee Lian Sie
13. Nie Swan Hwie
14. Nyonya Kwee Swan Hwie
15. Tan Ting Siang
16. Yap Tian Seng
17. Yap Kong Ing
18. Tan Thing Lien
19. Tan Siang Soen
20. Yap Khik Hien
21. Yap Tie Wan
22. Go Siong Kie
23. Lay Tjoen Hien
24. Go Yauw Khing

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