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][2] He was the founding editor of the publication Berita Indonesia ('Indonesian News'), the first republican newspaper in Batavia.[1][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][2] 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.[2]
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