Yap Tjwan Bing

Yap Tjwan Bing (1910-1988) was an Indonesian politician active in the Indonesian independence movement.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yap.

Life and career

Bing was born in Surakarta, son of a Chinese Indonesian merchant. He trained in pharmacy in Amsterdam (1932-1939) and subsequently returned to Indonesia to work in Bandung.[1] In 1945, he was the sole Chinese member of the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI). After the declaration of Indonesian independence in 1945, he moved to Yogyakarta, where he founded the Chung Hwa Chung Hwee-Central in support of Indonesian independence. In 1948, he merged this organization into the Persatuan Tionghoa. He became a member of the Partai Nasional Indonesia (PNI) and sat in the Indonesian parliament until 1955. He was one of the first members of the Ikatan Apotheker Indonesia (founded in 1955). In May 1963, his house and car were burnt by a mob in an anti-Chinese riot in Bandung. He moved to the United States soon afterwards and did not return to Indonesia. Jalan Jagalan in Surakarta was renamed Jalan Yap Tjwan Bing on 22 Februari 2008.[2] He was a Protestant Christian.

He died in 1988.[3]

References
  1. Liputan6.com. "Yap Tjwan Bing, Apoteker yang Ikut Menyiapkan Kemerdekaan RI".
  2. aGVyaXlhbnRvIGJpbmR1bmkK. "Special Word, Opini Indonesia - SEWORD". Seword.
  3. Suryadinata, Leo (2015). Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches (4th ed.). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 397. ISBN 978-981-4620-50-5 – via Google Books.


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