Man from the Banks of the Citarum
Born and raised on the banks of the Citarum, Djiauw Kie Siong’s livelihood depended on the river. He could build a house in Rengasdengklok after some hard work in various fields.
Tempo
August 17, 2019
DJIAUW Kie Siong spent his entire life on the banks of the Citarum, the longest river in West Java. He was born in 1880 in Pisangsambo village, Tirtajaya subdistrict, Karawang. That neighborhood is located about 11 kilometers northwest from the house that was used by youths—assisted by some soldiers in the Defenders of the Homeland (Peta)—to ‘abduct’ Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta the day before the Proclamation of Indonesian
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