Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Speaking about treasure in Indonesia is at all times attention-grabbing. Certainly one of them is about treasures from the Previous Order period, aka President Soekarno’s rule, which had 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 known 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 accident discovered a brilliant giant chest.
The coffin was then handed over to the TNI brigade commander at the moment. Particularly Lieutenant Colonel Alex Evert Kawilarang.
“We had been as soon as handed a chest of what we initially thought had been medicines. The field was very massive. After we opened it, it turned out it contained condoms,” admitted Colonel Alex Evert Kawilawang in AE Kawilarang Untung the Crimson and White (1988:86).
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 combat the Dutch troops. Sadly, as an alternative of getting weapons, they discovered a bomb which quickly exploded and injured the TNI.
Nevertheless, in the future Kawilarang was visited by a soldier named Sergeant Main Sidik who discovered a big jar. The sergeant was apparently an sincere soldier. He instantly gave the jar to Kawilarang. The truth is, if it was darkish, Sidik might have taken the jar to a collector so he might 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 had 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 containers of grenades.
“Gents, do you need to combat once more? That is for preventing,” Kawilarang mentioned to them whereas handing over two containers of grenades.
When the one who lusts after the treasure nonetheless appears to be like curious. Kawilarang as soon as once more spoke, hoping that the lustful individual would go away rapidly.
“That is for preventing!” mentioned 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. In response to Kawilarang, these property needs to be the enterprise of Dwelling Affairs Ministry officers such because the Resident in Bogor.
Nevertheless, as an alternative of accepting it, the Resident made a stunning assertion.
“Oh, to not me. Simply ship it to the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs,” he mentioned, referring to a high-ranking official from the central dwelling ministry.
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 Dwelling Affairs.
The worth of that gold, in accordance with the journal Specific (29/9/1972), virtually 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 staff’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, Prabowo Subianto.
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