Moewardi

[3] After the Japanese defeat in the Pacific, Indonesian politicians began preparing to proclaim the country's independence from Dutch colonial control.

Afterwards, Moewardi tasked his men with organising security for new president Sukarno and vice-president Mohammad Hatta,[1] as well as other government figures.

In 1948 he, together with a faction of other groups opposed to the Renville Agreement, established the Gerakan Revolusi Rakyat (People's Revolution Movement).

[4] On 13 September 1948, while en route to his practice, Moewardi was kidnapped by the Communist Party of Indonesia and later murdered.

[1] He had previously attempted to organise a team to confront the communists following the Madiun Affair,[3] and the city itself had little semblance of government.