Soe Hok Gie
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Soe at a rally on Mount Pangrango (1967)
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17 December 1942 Djakarta, Japanese-occupied East Indies |
| Died | 16 December 1969 (aged 26) Semeru, East Java, Indonesia |
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Jakarta, Indonesia 6°10′19″S 106°49′09″E / 6.17203°S 106.819037°ECoordinates: 6°10′19″S 106°49′09″E / 6.17203°S 106.819037°E |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
| Notable work | Catatan Seorang Demonstran |
| Parent(s) | Salam Sutrawan (Soe Lie Piet) (father) |
| Relatives | Arief Budiman (Soe Hok Djin) (brother) |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Shǐ Fúyì |
| Wade–Giles | Shi Fu-i |
Soe Hok Gie (17 December 1942 – 16 December 1969) was a Chinese Indonesian activist who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto.
Soe was an ethnic ChineseRoman Catholic, the fourth of five children in his family; his elder brother Arief Budiman, a sociologist and lecturer at Satya Wacana Christian University, was also quite a vocal critical voice in Indonesian politics.
After spending his final years of senior high school at Kanisius, Soe attended the University of Indonesia (UI) from 1962 until 1969; upon finishing university he became a lecturer at his alma mater until his death. It was during his time as a student that Soe became an active dissident, protesting against President Sukarno and the PKI. Soe was a productive writer, with articles published in such newspapers as Kompas, Harian Kami, Sinar Harapan, Mahasiswa Indonesia, and Indonesia Raya. After the release of Riri Riza's Gie in 2005, his articles were compiled by Stanley and Aris Santoso and republished with the title Zaman Peralihan (Transition Era) by publisher GagasMedia.
An avid proponent of living close to nature, Soe quoted Walt Whitman in his diary: "Now I see the secret of the making of the best person. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth". In 1965, Soe helped found Mapala UI, a student environmentalist organisation. He enjoyed hiking, and indeed died through inhaling poisonous gas while hiking up the volcanic Mount Semeru on the day before his 27th birthday. He was laid to rest in what is now the Museum of the Park of Memorial Stones (Museum Taman Prasasti) in Central Jakarta.
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