Ibrahim Hj Yaacob

Ibrahim bin Yaacob was a Malayan politician and nationalist. An opponent of the British colonial government, he was president and founder of Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM). During World War II, he supported the Japanese during their occupation of Malaya and led the Malayan Volunteer Army. Arrested by the British colonial government, the Japanese freed him in February 1942, and he went on to save hundreds of Malayan soldiers from being killed during the occupation; this later spared him from being arrested by Force 136 after the war. He died in Jakarta on 8 March 1979.