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Mas Adjeng
Goendjing, whom he mistakenly thought was her lover. Oey also masterminded the poisoning of his servant Oey Tjeng Kie in order to implicate his rival, Lim Soe Keng Sia. Although Lim, the Majoor's son-in-law, was initially and scandalously apprehended by the authorities, further police and
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Aged 15 years old, Oey Tamba Sia lost his father, Luitenant Oey Thai Lo, who died in 1838, leaving his children a large fortune that supposedly amounted to 2 million guilders. Local folklore has it that, although handsome and fashionable, the young Oey was an arrogant young man and a notorious
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Sair swatoe tjerita jang betoel soeda kedjadian di Tanah
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Padoeka toean besar Duymaer van Twist mendjabat Gouverneur General koetika tahoen 1851
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womanizer - character flaws that were compounded by his enviable inheritance. Oey was married to Sim Hong Nio.
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