Following the Japanese occupation of Indonesia on 10 March 1942 , he was interned by the Japanese for three years in a Javanese prison camp due to close ties with the Dutch . Hamid 's resentment towards the Japanese occupiers was affected by the murders of 28 relatives and his mentor Miss Curteis . Hamid 's father and two of his brothers along with many of the Malay elite of Kalimantan were executed by the Japanese in the Pontianak incidents . Following the Japanese surrender and defeat on 15 August 1945 , Hamid was liberated by the returning Allied Powers that landed in Indonesia . He was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel by the returning Dutch
Pontianak incidents
Pontianak incidents
Syarif Hamid II of Pontianak