Mokhtaruddin Lasso

Mokhtaruddin Lasso (1915–1951) was a Sumatran-born Malayan independent guerrilla, a former anti-Japanese rebel during World War II who later became one of the founders of Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (PKMM – Malay Nationalist Party).

Life

Mokhtaruddin was born in Padang, West Sumatera, in 1915. His given name was Mukhtar Sutan Indra Lasso. He had his early education in MULO, Padang. After Silungkang uprising, he left West Sumatra and went to Batavia joined with Indonesian National Party. In 1937, he moved to Singapore and Malaya. There he made a contact with Tan Malaka. Influenced by Tan Malaka's concept, he established Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya and envisaged a socialist platform for the party. He was an atheist, the earliest known in Malay history, and once debated about the existence of a god with his colleague and future PAS president, Burhanuddin al-Helmy.^[1]

During the declaration day of PKMM policies, 30 November 1945, he revealed 8 resolutions which were considered influenced by the Communist Party of Malaya by the British colonists. Furthermore, PKMM's anti-UMNO and anti-British movement and activities were worried by the British. Due to this, the British refused Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya's registration under the Malayan's establishment law. Later, Mokhtaruddin, along with few other anti-British leaders were imprisoned and presumably executed.

References

Sources

• Harper, Timothy Norman; The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya, Cambridge University Press, 1999

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• Min Yuen
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  • MPLF
• CPM/ML
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• Singapore Federation of Trade Unions
• North Kalimantan Communist Party

Key people

Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore	Chin Peng Abdullah CD Lai Teck Shamsiah Fakeh Ahmad Boestamam Rashid Maidin Mokhtaruddin Lasso Kamarulzaman Teh Abu Samah Mohd Kassim Musa Ahmad Ibrahim Chik S. A. Ganapathy Suriani Abdullah Lau Yew Lee Meng Chen Tien Yeung Kwo Fong Chong Pik Eu Chooi Yip Lim Chin Siong Wahi Annuar Mat Indera R. G. Balan P. Veerasenan Devan Nair
Malaysian Borneo	Bong Kee Chok Yang Chu Chung Wen Ming Chyuan Yap Choon Hau Lam Wah Kwai Ang Chu Ting Wong Lieng Kui Cheung Ah Wah

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Peace agreements

• Baling Talks
• Peace Declaration of Sri Aman 1973
• Peace Agreement of Hat Yai 1989

In popular culture

• Operation Malaya (1953 documentary)
• A Piece of Ribbon (1963 play)
• The 7th Dawn (1964 drama)
• The Last Communist (2006 film)
• Apa Khabar Orang Kampung (2007 film)
• 29 Februari (2012 film)
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• The Garden of Evening Mists (2011 novel)
• The New Village (2015 film)
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