Complex sentence: Phoa was born in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), in 1857 to an influential "Peranakan" Chinese father named Phoa Tjeng Tjoan, who held the post of Kapitein der Chinezen of Buitenzorg.
Split into simpler sentences: Phoa was born in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), in 1857 to an influential "Peranakan" Chinese family. His father, Phoa Tjeng Tjoan, held the post of Kapitein der Chinezen of Buitenzorg.