Ibrahim Yaacob

Ibrahim bin Yaacob (1911 – 8 March 1979) was a Malayan politician. An opponent of the British colonial government, he was president and founder of the Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM).[1] During World War II, he supported the Japanese during their occupation of Malaya.[1] Imprisoned by the British, he was freed by the Japanese in February 1942, only to be recaptured by British forces in Singapore later that same year.[2] He died in Jakarta on 8 March 1979.[3]

Ibrahim was born in Temerloh, Pahang, to a family of Bugis descent.[4] In 1929, he joined the Sultan Idris Teachers' Training College and graduated two years later as a teacher. During the 1930s, he wrote a series of articles that were critical of the British administration to the Malay newspapers, and was later forced to resign after receiving a warning from the British authorities. He became the editor of a nationalistic newspaper, Majlis, and formed the KMM in 1938.[5] The goal of KMM is to achieve independence for Malaya through union with Indonesia.[6] As a member of KMM, he welcomed and worked with Japanese as they believe that Japanese will give Malaya independence and actively assist them through fifth column activities.[7]

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including:

  • SMK Dato' Ibrahim Yaacob, a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur
  • Kolej Ibrahim Yaakub, a residential college at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor
gollark: Anyone want to download a car?
gollark: My Opus SNMP ping trilaterator seems to work okay.
gollark: The what?
gollark: I actually updated the licenses recently so you should probably read it if you use potatOS, have read the license agreement, know anyone who has read the license agreement, or know about the license agreement.
gollark: https://pastebin.com/NdUKJ07j

References
  1. "Malaysia Today: MT-Book Section: Introduction". Malaysia-Today.net. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more". Bartleby.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. The Japanese Occupation of Malaya, 1941-45: Ibrahim Yaacob and the Struggle for Indonesia Raya, Cheah Boon Kheng Indonesia, Vol. 28, Oct. 1979 (October 1979), pp. 84–120
  4. Asia, the Winning of Independence: The Winning of Independence: the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya, by Robin Jeffrey, Macmillan, 1981, ISBN 0-333-27856-9, pg 297
  5. Asia, the Winning of Independence: The Winning of Independence: the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaya, Jeffery, pg 297
  6. Lebra, Joyce (1 January 2010). "Japanese-trained Armies in Southeast Asia". Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Retrieved 21 April 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. Ling, Ooi Giok; Ismail, Assoc Prof Rahil; Shaw, Dr Brian J. (28 November 2012). "Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World: Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region". Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Retrieved 21 April 2017 – via Google Books.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.