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An Indonesian Without a Peci

Saturday, August 17, 2019

Liem Koen Hian recommended legislating automatic citizenship for local-born ethnic-Chinese. He had a close relationship with Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo.

Liem Koen Hian (facing, front row, left) at a BPUPKI session.. tempo : 173229085965.

THE second congress of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesia’s Independence (BPUPKI) was almost concluded when Liem Koen Hian tendered his resignation. In a letter to BPUPKI Chairman Radjiman Wedyodiningrat, he said he no longer had the right to sit on the body formed by the Japanese government as he was a non-native Indonesian.

“Liem resigned from the BPUPKI out of anger because his proposal on citizenship w

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