Ko Kwat Tiong

Ko Kwat Tiong Sia (1896–1970), known as Mr. Ko Kwat Tiong and later Mohamad Saleh, was a prominent Indonesian politician, lawyer, civil servant and university lecturer.[1][2][3] He was elected to the Volksraad (the colonial legislature) in 1935 as a representative of the Partai Tionghoa Indonesia (PTI: the 'Chinese-Indonesian Party'), and – after Independence in 1945 – headed the Balai Harta Peninggalan [id] (the ‘Public Trustee Office’) in Central Java until retiring in 1960.[1][2]

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  2. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-981-4345-21-7. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ Suryadinata, Leo (2015). Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches (4th ed.). Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 978-981-4620-50-5. Retrieved 1 May 2020.