away. Jakarta folklore has it that the fire leapt over the Molenvliet canal thanks to the magical power of the krises. Han, however, died from fire-related injuries a few days later. On his death, his eldest son, Han Khing Bie Sia, inherited Gaboes. His younger son, Han Khing Tjiang Sia, was adopted by his childless brother-in-law, Kan Tjeng Soen (1855—1896), renamed Kan Hok Hoei Sia and was made the principal heir of the name and fortune of the latter's maternal grandfather, Kan Keng Tjong. Han's youngest son, as Hok Hoei Kan, became a leading politician of the late colonial period. Ancestry References 1856 births 1893 deaths Kapitan Cina Cabang Atas Indonesian people of Chinese descent People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies People from Jakarta People from Surabaya People of the Dutch East Indies Han family of Lasem Sia (title)