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Oey Thai Lo

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'''Letnan Cina Oey Thai Lo''' (born in [[Fujian|Hokkien province]] in 1788 - died in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in 1838), alias '''Oey Thoa''' or '''Oey Se''', was a Chinese-Indonesian tycoon and tobacco boss in the early 19th century.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Oey Kwie Djien">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He is the father Betawi playboy [[Oey Tamba Sia]], grandfather of the bureaucrat and landlord Kapitan Cina Oey Giok Koen, and ancestor of the [https://ift.tt/2FE09UA Tigaraksa conglomerate group] and [https://ift.tt/2U5mrbO Sintesa group].<ref name="Grafiti Pers">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Denys Lombard"></ref><ref name="Robert Hornaday">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==Biography==

[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Chinese hoofdstraat te Pekalongan versierd met katoenenbanen in vlaggenmasten TMnr 60019868.jpg|thumb|The atmosphere of Pekalongan Chinatown]]

Oey Thai Lo was born in Hokkien province, China in 1788, then moved to [[Pekalongan]], the [[Dutch East Indies]] around 1810.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" /><ref name="Oey Kwie Djien" /> According to his descendant Oey Kwie Djien, Oey Thai Lo was a poor barber's child at first.<ref name="Oey Kwie Djien" /> The family story says that Oey Thai Lo found a lot of Dutch debt securities at a farmer's house, then bought and exchanged them for money; this was the initial capital of the Oey Thai Lo tobacco business.<ref name="Oey Kwie Djien" />

Oey married a local [[Peranakan]] woman, and got a daughter and three sons: Oey Holland, [[Oey Tamba Sia|Oey Tamba]] and Oey Macau.<ref name="Oey Kwie Djien" />

According to the writer [[Thio Tjin Boen]] in his work, Tjerita Oeij Se, Oey Thai Lo moved from Pekalongan to Batavia because of great embarrassment due to his daughter's interethnic marriage to an indigenous man, namely the son of the Pekalongan Regent.<ref name="Thio Tjin Boen">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In Batavia, Oey was famous as a philanthropist and eventually became friends with [[Tan Eng Goan|Mayor Cina Tan Eng Goan]], head of the Chinese community's government in Batavia.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" /> Oey also provided financial support to the Major who had financial difficulties.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" /> Because of his services to Major Tan Eng Goan and the people of Batavia, Oey Thai Lo was given the position of Chinese Lieutenant in the Kongsi Besar area.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" />

Letnan Oey Thai Lo died around 1838 in Batavia, and gave the supposed wealth of 2 million guilders to his children.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" /> One of his children, Oey Tamba Sia, was the mastermind of several murder cases and tried to slander his opponent [[Lim Soe Keng Sia]], son-in-law of Major Tan Eng Goan.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" /> After being proven guilty, the young Oey was sentenced to hang by the Dutch East Indies government.<ref name="Phoa Kian Sioe" />

The life story of Letnan Oey Thai Lo and his son Oey Tamba Sia became the basis of many Chinese-Malay literary works, and became part of Betawi folklore.<ref name="Denys Lombard" />

==Descent==
Through his youngest son, [[Oey Macau Sia]], Letnan Oey Thai Lo is the grandfather of [[Oey Giok Koen]] who served as [[Kapitan Cina]] in [[Tangerang]] and bought [[Tigaraksa|Tigaraksa private land]].<ref name="Robert Hornaday" /> The Kapitan's family is the owner of the [https://ift.tt/2FE09UA conglomerate group Tigaraksa Satria, Tbk] and [https://ift.tt/2U5mrbO Sintesa group].<ref name="Robert Hornaday" /><ref name="Grafiti Pers" />

==Bibliography==


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