What were the causes of the Maria Hertogh riots?

In 1945, after World War II ends, Sergeant Hertogh was released and returned to Java, and that is where he reunited with his wife. The couple said that they want Maria back but Che Aminah and Maria were nowhere to be found.

Then, they went back to the Netherlands after asking for help from both Singapore and the Dutch authorities in Java to try to trace and find the child. Red Cross Society, the Indonesian Repatriation Service, the Royal Netherlands Army and local police then conduct an investigations on Maria and Che Aminah.

Finally, in September 1949, Che Aminah and Maria were successfully traced to the kampong where they were living in. That is when the unagreement on the child's custody started between couple Sergeant Adrianus Petrus Hertogh and Adeline Hunter who can speak Bahasa fluently, going against Che Aminah.

By Hafizah