Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Speaking about treasure in Indonesia is all the time attention-grabbing. One among them is about treasures from the Previous Order period, aka President Soekarno’s rule, which have been discovered on the border of Sukabumi and Bogor in 1946.
What is the story?
So, the story begins in mid-1946 when Indonesian Nationwide Military (TNI) troops secured a border space referred to as Cigombong which had beforehand been occupied by Japanese troops. Once they began to safe the realm and began digging the land, the troopers by chance discovered a brilliant massive chest. The coffin was then handed over to the TNI brigade commander, particularly Lieutenant Colonel Alex Evert Kawilarang.
“We have been as soon as handed a chest of what we initially thought have been medicines. The field was very massive. Once we opened it, it turned out it contained condoms,” admitted Colonel Alex Evert Kawilawang in AE Kawilarang Untung the Pink and White (1988:86).
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Picture: Roman gold cash present in Italy. (Doc: Italian Ministry of Tradition)
Roman gold cash present in Italy. (Doc: Italian Ministry of Tradition) |
From there, the initiative of the military and the individuals to dig up land across the former Japanese location emerged. They hoped to get weapons to battle the Dutch troops. Sadly, as a substitute of getting weapons, they discovered a bomb which quickly exploded and injured the TNI.
Nevertheless, at some point Kawilarang was visited by a soldier named Sergeant Main Sidik who discovered a big jar. The sergeant was apparently an trustworthy soldier. He instantly gave the jar to Kawilarang. In actual fact, if it was darkish, Sidik may have taken the jar to a collector so he may get some huge cash.
“Sergeant Main Sidik along with a number of members of the military police and the individuals discovered a big jar. After opening the jar, they discovered socks containing laborious objects. They opened the socks one after the other. They have been shocked to see that they contained gold, jewels and diamonds that had been pried open- sparkly pry,” the guide quoted Haji Priyatna Abdurrasyid: From Cilampani to New York (2001:102).
When the jar was on the Kawilarang troop headquarters, a number of individuals appeared to lust after the treasure. Kawilarang, who was irritated, took two bins of grenades.
“Gents, do you need to battle once more? That is for preventing,” Kawilarang stated to them whereas handing over two bins of grenades.
When the one who lusts after the treasure nonetheless appears curious. Kawilarang as soon as once more spoke, hoping that the lustful particular person would depart shortly.
“That is for preventing!” stated Kawilarang.
Relating to the treasure, Kawilarang additionally had no intention of proudly owning it, he wrote a letter to Bogor Resident Moerdjani concerning the treasure within the jar. Based on Kawilarang, these property needs to be the enterprise of Residence Affairs Ministry officers such because the Resident in Bogor.
Nevertheless, the Resident didn’t settle for it and as a substitute stated to Kawilarang:
“Oh, to not me. Simply ship it to the Ministry of Residence Affairs.” This implies high-ranking residence ministry officers on the middle.
For the security of the treasure, Kawilarang instantly ordered Lieutenant Godjali (accompanied by a number of younger troopers) at hand over the treasure discovered by Sidik et al to the Indonesian central authorities in Yogyakarta. The gold and diamonds arrived in Yogyakarta intact. In Yogyakarta the gold was handed over to Mr Sumarman, Secretary of the Ministry of Residence Affairs.
The worth of that gold, based on the journal Categorical (29/09/1972), nearly reaching IDR 6 billion. Intimately, the treasure consists of seven kg of gold and 4 kg of diamonds, which got here from the Pondok Gede Plantation, Bogor.
Based mostly on the group’s report, the treasure was then handed over to Financial institution Negara Indonesia (BNI-46) in Yogyakarta. The Director of BNI-46 at the moment was Raden Mas Margono Djojohadikusumo, grandfather of the present Indonesian Minister of Protection.
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