 In 1641 the Dutch Republic nation took Malacca from the Portuguese.A large number of people of Portuguese descent in Malacca were evacuated to Batavia, the Dutch East India Company headquarters, as war captives, where they settled in an area called Koja or Kampung Tugu".During the early 18th century, a portion of land in what is now Tugu Administrative Village in Koja Subdistrict, was given to Melchior Leydekker.