 As his health continues to degrade , Hasan approaches a local journalist with a manuscript that details his life ; the journalist agrees to publish it should something happen to Hasan . Not long afterwards , Hasan goes out into the night after curfew and is shot in the chest by Japanese patrols , dying after torture at the station with the Islamic creed " Allahu Akbar " on his lips . Later , Rusli and a tearful Kartini claim his body . 
