The Mergosono massacre ( id, Tragedi Mergosono) of 31 July 1947 was committed by

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n revolutionaries against members of the

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of Mergosono in

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during the ''

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'' period of the

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. Suspected of espionage for the

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colonial authorities, 30 Chinese men and women were rounded up, tortured, and burned, before being buried at a former

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. The bodies were exhumed and reburied in a

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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. # Sie Bian Kiet (

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player, popularly known as Freddy Sie) # Sie Bian Ten # Tan Soen Seng # Tan Teng San # unnamed wife of Tan Teng San # Koo Pan Tjo # Kwee Giok Tjhoen # Oen Nam Tjing # Koo Siam Tjo # Kwee Keh Tien # Kwee Lian Sie # unnamed wife of Kwee Lian Sie # Nie Swan Hwie # Nyonya Kwee Swan Hwie # Tan Ting Siang # Yap Tian Seng # Yap Kong Ing # Tan Thing Lien # Tan Siang Soen # Yap Khik Hien # Yap Tie Wan # Go Siong Kie # Lay Tjoen Hien # Go Yauw Khing

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The victims

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