Based Upon East-Indian Company Chronicles.... Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Based upon true occurrences in the History of the East-Indian Company in Batavia. This theme is taken as the subject for her Post graduation Manuscript. Mona Lohanda wrote her manuscript. Congratulations Dr. Lohanda, thanks to you, I get to know that these most awful minutes had overcome my first ancestor in Indonesia, resp.the capitalBatavia, during the Dutch Colonialization in Indonesia. My genius bro and I had been laughing out loudly, because IF this first ancestor had not committed a "crime", in this period was for a "coloured" man falling in love with a "white" woman (a Dutch woman)a crime of the highest level, this man must get a death sentence: being hung. At the time of falling in love, he must not be aware of really getting the death sentence, he did not know at all, I reckon. Dr. Mona Lohandan only mentioned his name, and that IS our first ancestor's name. We, as the descents regard this as very untruthful, thinking of nowadays time, BUT the reality at that time was most truthful and that was why Dr. Mona Lohanda had taken this shortest written history about one of the chinese refugees in the East-Indian Company period as an example in her book. I say here about "chinese refugees", perhaps yes and perhaps because of the starving period in the South China Province/ area. I do not know for sure, but the reality was that the citizens were flooding from South China to many countries and one of them who fled to Batavia, either because of the civilian war or the starving period, but the fact was that that name that was mentioned by Dr. Mona Lohanda for her PhD book that was my first ancestor's name Mr. Tam Bah Sya. Otherwise my genius bro would not have bought this book for me.....and I would not have this poem created....WOW! IF this ancetor knew he would get the death sentence, he would not have committed this Love Crime (Crime Passionelle)I reckon, thinking that he fled from South China because of the starving period up there....OR...is Love really Blind? ! Not for me to decide, but I am happiest that Mona Lohanda used his name for her PhD promotion, or was he the only chinese refugee from South China, who was the only stupidest to fall in love.....OR he had of course already a family of his own and then is falling in love with a Dutch woman indeed a passionate crime....But I am as shocked by that death sentence as Dr. Mona Lohanda did, otherwise she would not have mentioned his name, perhaps his was the only name for this crime. WOW! My first ancestor was mentioned in the East-Indian Company Chronicles because of this occurrence....and not because he gained an honourable Title. That title of "Mayor of the Overseas-Chinese"or "Capitan of the Overseas-Chinese he had them all....and that Dutch woman knew this man had much money, he was very wealthy. The most absurd story was that the Pribumis were always waiting for him to finish his toilet routines, so that they would get money bills coming from his rest room. In those days the rest rooms were connected straight to the river outside. What a history that truly occurred. Recorrected AD Monday the 22nd of January 2018 by SFC, Dutch poetess