Loa Sek Hie

Loa Sek Hie
Born1898
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died1965 (aged 66–67)
The Hague, the Netherlands
Occupation(s)politician, parliamentarian, community leader, landowner
SpouseTan Pouw Nio
Parents
FamilyLoa Po Seng (grandfather)
Tan Liok Tiauw (father-in-law)
Tan Tiang Po, Luitenant der Chinezen (grandfather-in-law)
AwardsOfficer of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Loa Sek Hie Sia (1898, Batavia – 1965, The Hague) was a colonial Indonesian politician, parliamentarian and the founding Voorzitter or chairman of the controversial, ethnic-Chinese self-defense force Pao An Tui (1946–1949).[1][2][3] He was a Peranakan of Chinese-Indonesian, Austrian and Javanese descent.[1][4] In his political career, he campaigned against racial discrimination and demanded better healthcare and education for ethnic Chinese in the Dutch East Indies.[1]

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