Mergosono massacre

The Mergosono massacre (Pembantaian Mergosono) of 31 July 1947 was committed by Indonesian revolutionaries against members of the Chinese community of Mergosono in Malang, East Java during the Bersiap period of 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 cannery. The bodies were exhumed and reburied in a mass grave on 3 August the same year.

The victims
The identities of 24 victims were provided by the local Chinese general association. 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