freed from colonial rule. He also released many of the Dutch officials who were held as prisoners of war to train the Indonesians to take their places. He held the post until the surrender of Japan in August 1945, whereupon he was arrested by Dutch colonial authorities and tried before a military tribunal where he was declared guilty of unspecified war crimes. He was condemned to death and hanged on 12 April 1948. References External links Footnotes 1886 births 1948 deaths Military personnel from Kagoshima Prefecture Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II Japanese generals Members of the Kwantung Army Japanese military personnel of World War II Japanese people convicted of war crimes Executed military personnel People executed by the Netherlands by hanging Japanese people executed abroad People executed for war crimes