Oey Khe Tay

Oey Khe Tay, Kapitein der Chinezen (died in 1897) was a Chinese-Indonesian bureaucrat and landlord, best known for his role as Kapitein der Chinezen of Tangerang and Landheer of Karawatji. In the former capacity, he acted as the head of the Chinese civil administration in Tangerang as part of the Dutch colonial system of ‘indirect rule’.

Life Born in Tangerang into the ‘Cabang Atas’ aristocracy, Oey was the son of Oey Jan Long Sia and a grandson of Oey Eng Sioe, Kapitein-titulair der Chinezen. The new burial grounds were to be managed under the auspices of Tangerang's oldest Chinese temple, Boen Tek Bio. In 1884, Oey was appointed to the position of Kapitein der Chinezen of Tangerang in succession to Kapitein Lim Tjong Hien.

In 1899, following a two-year hiatus after his death in 1897, Oey was succeeded as Kapitein der Chinezen of Tangerang by Kapitein Oey Giok Koen, who was married to his wife's niece, Ong Dortjie Nio. In 1907, Kapitein Oey Khe Tay's son, Kapitein Oey Djie San, eventually succeeded his father and cousin-in-law to the Chinese captaincy of Tangerang.