Murder of Smissaert
One of the historical stories that is plagued by hoaxes is the murder of Smissaert, Resident of Bangka Belitung during the Dutch East Indies era, on 14 November 1819.
The Palembang sultanate charter was researched by a team from the South Sumatra Archaeological Center, Friday (2/10/2020). This charter is given to a depati who leads an autonomous region.
The history of the world is not free from hoaxes, neither is the history of Indonesia. The causes are varied, ranging from an author's ambition to include unverified information or data to the intentional omission, confusion, falsification or amputation of facts for certain motives. One of the historical stories that is plagued by hoaxes is the murder of Smissaert, Resident of Bangka Belitung during the Dutch East Indies era, on 14 November 1819.
Bangka people believe Batin Tikal beheaded Smissaert and brought him by himself to Kuto Besak Fort in Palembang to be handed over to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II as a sign of alliance among fellow anti-colonial fighters. There were direct witnesses to the incident. There were manuscripts written by the descendants of the witnesses. However, all of that failed to ward off hoaxes.