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THE

RIOTOUS HOKKIEN-TEOCHEW RIOTS (1854)

In 10 days, the riots had killes 500
ECONOMIC DISCONTENT
peoples and destroyed 300 houses.
PROMPTED THE KONGSI TO
The riots occurs because of a an
RESORT TO VIOLENCE

economic threat on pepper an

gambier plantations. The different
ANTI-CATHOLICS RIOT (1851)
dialect groups between the

Hokkiens and the Teochews in the
Due to the convert issues among
kongsi began to splinter into
secret societies members to
different factions. At the same
Catholicsm, 5 days massacre killed

times, missunderstanding also
500 peoples. There are 28 pepper and
occurs.
gambier plantations razed to the

ground. Futhermore, Ghee Hin Hoe as

a leader of the kongsi irritated after the

rumours about smuggling opium that

may be threat their opium business.

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