Oey Adds Sia: A Chinese Playboy In Batavia Who Was Hanged To Death Due To A Jealous Fire

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JAKARTA - Long ago, there lived a young Chinese man named Oey Add Sia. He is the heir to all the wealth and the great name of his father. With all that capital, Oey Add Sia grew into a young man full of gleam. His passion for women is uncontrollable. The passion that brought him to the gallows.

Jakarta at that time was still called Batavia. Oey Add Sia's fame is inseparable from the role of his father, Oey Thoa, who is known to be rich throughout the city. Oey Thoa was a Chinese merchant from Pekalongan who owned the largest basic food shop in the Toko Tiga area, Jakarta in the 1830s.

Oey Thoa is not only famous for being rich. He is also famous for his charitable nature. In addition, Oey Thoa was also respected with the position of Luitenand der Chinezen or Ethnic Chinese Lieutenant in Batavia.

This title was obtained by Oey Thoa because of his close relationship with the Chinese Major, Tan Eng Gan, who was known as the Chairman of the Chinese Council. Unfortunately. After several years in office, Oey Thoa died. For his services, Oey Thoa received an honorary title from the local authority, namely Oey Thay Lo which means "Oey the big and old".

Furthermore, the property of Oey Thoa who died at the age of 50 was divided among his three children, including Oey Add Sia. At first glance, Sia is an honorary title for a boy of rank who is only 15 years old.

Reminiscing about Oey Thoa, Benny Setiono in his Chinese book in the Political Circle (2008) describes his figure as a Chinese immigrant who is generous, kind and often helpful. "Social spirit and often provide help to people who are not able, his name is quite well known," wrote Benny.

"Every 1st and 15th of the Chinese calendar, hundreds of poor people are waiting for him at the Kim Tek Ie Temple, where he performs his worship to wait for him to distribute his aid," wrote Benny.

Chinese playboy

However, the only thing left to Oey Add Sia is his wealth. Oey added Sia's good qualities were not absorbed by his father. The child is even known for the opposite character.

Oey added that Sia's hobby is cockfighting. He is also fond of smoking opium. And most widely, Oey Add Sia is known as an adulteress. He is labeled as a playboy who is never satisfied with one woman.

That is why Oey Add Sia is a young man who is so royal, but also arrogant and arrogant. Quoted from Achmad Sunjayadi in the book [Not] Tabu in the Archipelago (2018), this arrogance is believed to be because at a young age Oey had inherited his father's wealth. He never knew the essence of working hard.

One of the most well-known myths about his behavior is that he wasted his father's wealth by "... When he finished defecating in the Kali Toko Tiga in front of his house, he always cleaned it with paper money. fighting over the people fighting over the banknotes.”

The habit is nothing. Something that caused an uproar in Batavia was none other than his penchant for disturbing people's wives and children. Oey Add Sia is known to be handsome. He is also good at style.

His hobby is touring the city riding Australian horses in the morning and evening to accompany beautiful women. Every time he travels, Oey Add Sia is always accompanied by his two centengs, Piun and Sura.

Even if he doesn't meet a beautiful woman, Oey will immediately go to the pimp he subscribes to in order to get further references regarding women according to his type. He does not hesitate, in every action he takes to seduce women, Oey Add Sia often uses the power of wealth and violence in his actions.

This method works very well for Oey Add Sia. If not, the loyal scumbags will do everything they can to make their master happy in order to get a big reward.

“As a rich young man, Oey Add Sia owns a rest house in Ancol. The place he named Bintang Mas. It is not only used for leisure, but also a place for rendezvous with women who have been persuaded by their accomplices or a place to store them,” said Achmad Sunjayadi.

One of the women who was successfully wooed and placed in his Bintang Mas Bungalow - which resembles a Middle Eastern prince's harem - is the wife of a grocery trader in Tongkangan, Mrs Khoe Tjin Yang.

To attract this beautiful woman, Oey uses the services of a matchmaker. It was from the matchmaker that he got information that Mrs. Khoe Tjin's life as the wife of a grocery trader was in short supply.

Without waiting long, the spell of wealth was used by him. It worked. However, the mother of Oey Add Sia is not very happy with her son's habit of having many mistresses.

By his mother, Oey Add Sia was persuaded to marry well. Oey Added Sia did not refuse the persuasion. However, he provided a condition that the prospective wife be chosen directly by himself.

Oey Add Sia looking for a girl

The hunt for a future wife began. Feeling that he could not find beautiful women around Glodok until the fish market, Oey Add Sia expanded his search to Pasar Baru and Senen. One time, when Oey Add Sia was passing through Gang Kenanga, Senen, suddenly a wooden crate fell from the attic of one of the houses.

People's attention was drawn to the incident. That's when Oey Add Sia saw a girl from the Sim family who was beautiful and beautiful leaving the house to find out the cause of the commotion.

A few days later, Oey Add Sia sent a messenger to the Sim's family to inform him of his desire to propose to the girl. The same strategy was used. He offered the Sim family the lure of wealth and again it worked.

Long story short, Oey Add Sia got married at the age of 17 with a big party. Public roads along the Toko Tiga bridge to the end of Jalan Patekoan are closed. Tents were set up around it.

His wedding party became one of the most lively weddings in Batavia at that time. The arts, ranging from Chinese puppets, tayuban, processions, and fireworks lasted for several days and were witnessed by several Dutch officials.

Oey Add Sia sentenced to hang

After the wedding, Oey only felt at home for a month. In the days that followed, he began his adventure again. The playboy's heart was stuck again. This time, he was met by a singer named Mas Ajeng Gunjing when he attended a celebration in Pekalongan, Central Java.

With wealth and a beautiful face, Oey Add Sia managed to bring the beautiful singer to Batavia. As always. No matter how much Oey Add Sia loves Gunjing, his old habit of hunting for girls, widows, and other people's wives is still practiced.

Gunjing, who was originally placed in the Bintang Mas Bungalow, began to feel uncomfortable being in the same place as the other Oey women. Gunjing also asked to be moved to Oey's big house in Tangerang.

That's where the problem started. One time, Oey's house was visited by Gunjing's distant relative named Mas Sutejo from Pekalongan. Oey added Sia suddenly burned with jealousy seeing Mas Sutejo's close relationship with Gunjing.

Oey added Sia dark eyes. He ordered his tick to kill Mas Sutejo secretly. In order to cover up the murder, Oey Add Sia poisoned his assistant named Tjeng Kie. Then, Oey Add Sia plotted to slander a Chinese who became his rival, Liem Soe King as the perpetrator of the murder.

However, this strategy did not work. In an investigation, Liem was proven innocent. Liem turned to collect evidence of Oey's crime, added Sia. In fact, Liem asked Gunjing to help and testify to the police for the involvement of Oey Add Sia in two murder cases.

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