Selasa, 27 November 2012

Zakaria Independence Pioneers Of South Solok



The struggle of independence of Indonesia since the 1920's has continued to connect by pemuda2 Indonesia, long before declared the Youth Pledge in 1928. We know call it People Leader Bung Karno, or from the realm of Minangkabau as Bung Hatta, Sjahrir, Tan Malaka, who has mendharmabhaktikan lives for the independence of Indonesia.

Do not miss a son named Muaralabuh Zakaria (born in 1905 in Sapan Feed Rabaa Labuh Estuary). The late Zakaria is the first child of eight children of couples couples H. Adurahman Datuak Bandaro time (Haji Pukek) with the wife of the tribe durian Rafi'ah sirampak.

In 1926 the Dutch captured the late Zakaria Week Rabaa Muaralabuh Pangkua River. He was first detained in prison Muaralabuh, then transferred to a prison Muaro in Padang, and then sent to prison Cipinang Jakarta. For two years in prison Cipinang mass riots in Cipinang prison, then in 1928 he was sent to Digul, an internment camp for hard-line nationalists in Tanah Merah, about 200 miles from the coast along the Digul, Irian.

Mollly Bondan, an Australian woman who was married to Mohammad Bondan journalist and freedom fighter who was also exiled to Digul by the Dutch in 1932, in his book "Spanning a Revolution" (library Sinar Harapan Jakarta 1992) tells a lot about the life of the pioneer / freedom fighters against the Dutch Digul in camps, including prisoners escape attempt that occurred on June 21, 1936 due to mental stress, due to the Dutch treatment. Among the events mengamuknya Sukur Datuk Bandaro Kuniang (one of the freedom fighters came from Sumatra), along with his friends Djmaludin Tahia.

Zakaria, one of the fighters in the same boat and a few others, to prevent mengamuknya Datuk Bandaro Yellow, because the issue of repatriation of some prisoners dispersed to be transported by a ship at anchor Digul river, carrying some journalists and tourists who are investigating the treatment of the Dutch government against political prisoners Digul concentration camp.


At the time Japan controlled Indonesia in 1942 and the Dutch surrendered to the Japanese, about 500 people were evacuated prisoners from Tanah Merah from Holland to Australia. And than 1200 political prisoners / freedom fighters in the Dutch resistance in Tanah Merah, about 300 prisoners died of starvation and inhumane treatment. Also the incidence of malaria and the disease known as black water fever (Marshall p.103).

According to Jack Morrison (AIA Conference report 1965), that when in Melbourne Zakaria (as it is popularly known as Jack Zakaria) established the Committee of Indonesian Independence in 1944 (Lockwood p.21) and has branches in Sydney and other cities. The committee held public meetings that attracted a lot of attention to the people of Australia, which contributed to the independence of Indonesia.

Dutch efforts to dominate Indonesia through NICA (Netherland Indies Civil Administration), trying to send weapons to strengthen the Dutch army through the allies, who had won the war against Japan. In Brisbane port labor strikes that refuses to load the goods on board, because when workers found the weapon to be sent Dutch camouflage health facilities. Independence Committee, in collaboration with CENKIM in Brisbane which has become a "shadow capital" for the Republicant Indonesia abroad (Australia).
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