Lauw-Sim-Zecha family

Lauw-Sim-Zecha family
Current regionJakarta, Bekasi, Depok, Sukabumi
FounderLauw Ho
MembersLauw Tek Lok, Luitenant der Chinezen
Sim Keng Koen, Kapitein der Chinezen
Louisa Zecha
Adrian Lauw Zecha
Che Engku Chesterina (née Lauw-Sim-Zecha)
Estate(s)Cimanggis

The Lauw-Sim-Zecha family is an Indonesian family of the 'Cabang Atas' or the Chinese gentry of the Dutch East Indies (colonial Indonesia). They came to prominence at the start of the nineteenth century as Pachters (revenue farmers), Landheeren (landlords) and Kapitan Cina (government-appointed Chinese headmen) in the colonial capital, Batavia (now Jakarta), and in the hill station of Sukabumi, West Java. The family is of mixed Peranakan Chinese and Indo-Bohemian descent.

Following the Indonesian revolution (1945-1950) and revolutionary leader President Sukarno's nationalization of private assets, the family left Indonesia and is now based mostly overseas.

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