Oey Tiang Tjoei

Oey Tiang Tjoei (Chinese: 黄長水; 1893 – 1977) was an Indonesian journalist, known for being a member of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence. Prior to the Pacific War, he was a prominent supporter of Japanese Pan-Asianism.

Biography Oey was born in Batavia on 1893, and he received a Dutch education. He later became influenced by Japanese Pan-Asianism, and joined the Hoo Hap secret society where he was its leader in the 1930s. In 1939, he joined the newly formed Hong Po newspaper as a director. With the Second Sino-Japanese War then ongoing, most Chinese Indonesian newspapers at that time actively raised funds for war victims and adopted an anti-Japanese stance. Hong Po, however, was strongly pro-Japan. Due to this, a competing Chinese Indonesian newspaper, Keng Po, nicknamed it Bohong Po ("News of Lies"). Oei took the nickname as an insult, and he physically assaulted Keng Pos editor in response.