Hai San

Hai San

▪ Chinese secret society
      Chinese secret society that was influential in commerce and tin mining in 19th-century Malaya. The Hai San had its origins in southern China and was transmitted to Malaya by immigrant labourers. Cantonese originally dominated the society, but, between 1845 and 1860, Hakka immigrants gained preeminence. The society itself was a semilegal organization, internally controlled by impressive rituals, oath taking, and harsh penalties for infractions of rules. These rules included helping fellow members in times of need, keeping society affairs secret, and aiding members in quarrels. The Hai San was primarily centred in the Larut tin-mining district of Perak. Its disruptive activities, particularly its feud with the Ghee Hin society over the Perak tin mines, aroused the British authorities, who mediated a settlement between the two groups (see Chinese Engagement). By 1890 the Hai San had been absorbed into the Toh Peh Kong society, known as the Sa Tiam Hui in present-day Malaysia.

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