Little is known of Paiso's early life. He was
Javanese and was born in 1894 in the
Dutch East Indies; he probably had a basic Dutch-language education. He worked as a civil servant in
Merauke, as a writer for the Assistant
Resident and later clerk for the Magistrate. These activities soon led him to be targeted by authorities. The police arrested him at a ceremony marking the death of
Sun Yat-sen in March 1925. He was initially sent to the capital
Batavia. By the early 1930s, Digoel internees who were well-behaved and considered rehabilitated started to be released in large numbers. Paiso was allowed to return home with a group of 157, including
Lie Eng Hok, in March 1932. He returned to Makassar and to politics after his release, although he was careful not to be re-arrested. He was involved in the
Permesta rebellion, a cross-party regional movement centered in Makassar, for a time in early 1957 but formally withdrew his participation when it became increasingly anti-communist and anti-
Sukarno. He was still alive at the time of the banning of the PKI in 1965 and the
Transition to the New Order, but it is unknown what happened to him. == References ==