Soeraedi Tahsin Explained

Soeraedi Tahsin (born July 6 in Pandeglang, died February 25, 2003, in Amsterdam), also known as Eddie Soeraedi, was an Indonesian journalist and diplomat.^[1] He was the founding editor of the publication Berita Indonesia ('Indonesian News'), the first republican newspaper in Batavia.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Tahsin served as the editor-in-chief of Bintang Timur, the daily newspaper of the Indonesian Party (Partindo).^{[4] [5] [6]} As of 1958 he was the general secretary of the Union of Indonesian Journalists (PWI).^{[7] [8]}

In 1964 he was named as ambassador of Indonesia to Mali by president Sukarno.^{[4] [1]} After the military takeover in 1965 and the massacres of 1965-66, S. Tahsin did not return to Indonesia. Instead he went into exile in China.^{[9] [10]} The Indonesian government withdrew his citizenship soon after the coup, leaving him stranded in Beijing.^[3] In February 1970 Imris Idris was named as the new Indonesian ambassador to Mali as replacement of Tahsin.^[11]

He later moved to the Netherlands, entering the country illegally in 1977.^{[3] [12]} He taught Indonesian language at the Volksuniversiteit and started a publishing/bookstore in Amsterdam 1981, named Manus Amici.^[3] E.S.Tahsin died in Amsterdam in 2003.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: David T. Hill. Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author. 21 January 2010. Routledge. 978-1-135-16914-5. 212.
2. Book: F. X. Kusworo. J. B. Margantoro. Ronnie S. Viko. Di balik tugas kuli-tinta. 1994. Sebelas Maret University Press. 978-979-498-076-7. 136.
3. De Volkskrant. Indië is in Nederland nog steeds niet goed verteerd
4. Book: Greg Poulgrain. The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, 1945-1965. 1998. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. 978-1-85065-513-8. 266, 277.
5. Book: E. Stuart Kirby. Contemporary China. 1962. Hong Kong University Press. 167.
6. Book: Political Handbook of the World. 1959. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 110.
7. Book: Foreign Languages Publishing House (Hanoi). Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1945-1960: impressions of foreigners. 1960. Foreign Languages Pub. House.
8. Book: Publications de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient, Vol. 94-95. 1974. Imprimerie Nationale. 42.
9. Book: Schweizer Monatshefte, vol. 55. 1975. Gesellschaft Schweizer Monatshefte. 688.
10. Book: Richard Felix Staar. Milorad M. Drachkovitch. Lewis H. Gann. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs series. 1970. Hoover Institution Press. 591.
11. Book: Bulletin de l'Afrique noire, eds. 581–605. 1970. Ediafric. 1187.
12. Book: Indonesia Reports, eds. 47–59. 1990. Indonesia Publications. 26.