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Finally, Founder of Aceh Free Movement Dies in His Homeland

THURSDAY (6/3/2010) Aceh mourning the death of Teuku Hasan Muhammad di Tiro. Hasan di Tiro, former leader of the now-dissolved Aceh Free Movement (GAM) died at Zainal Abidin Hospital in Banda Aceh. Hasan di Tiro died because infection of the heart and lungs.

Hari Teguh Patria/Serambi Indonesia

Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh Governor instructed to all the people of Aceh to raise the flag at half mast for three days. He also told to the people to prayed as a sign of mourning over the death of Hasan di Tiro.

Hasan di Tiro is one of the sad story in the history of Indonesian. He is a great-grandson of an Indonesian national hero, Teuku Cik Di Tiro. In 1976, he found GAM. The government sent troops to Aceh to dissolve GAM. Then GAM became one separatis groups in Indonesia. He lost his citizenship since that.

Then he fled to the United States before finally residing in Sweden after being granted Swedish citizenship. In 2008, Hasan di Tiro come home after Helsinki Agreement between Indonesian government and GAM. The people of Aceh honour him not for his fight for Aceh but also in his blue blood flowing Aceh fighters.

Helsinki Agreement became the new chapter of development in Aceh. Irwandi Yusuf, former member of GAM became the Aceh governor after the election. He was choosen by the the people. In the past, none of the former GAM member should not occupy this position.

Hari Teguh Patria/Serambi Indonesia

After a week in the hospital, Hasan di Tiro breathed his last in Aceh. He was born in Aceh, fight for Aceh, and finally died in Aceh, his homeland. And the most important thing is he died as Indonesian. One day after he got his citizenship.

On Wednesday (6/2/2010), Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto presented the citizenship certificate after paying Hasan a visit at the hospital.

Hasan di Tiro buried in family cemetery complex in Meureu village, Indrapuri, Aceh Besar. Present at the funeral procession, Irwandi Yusuf, Chairman of the House of Aceh, Hasbi Abdullah, former GAM leaders, Malek Mahmud, Zaini Abdullah, and hundreds of local people. Tomb of Hasan di Tiro side by side with his great grandfather's grave, Cik Di Tiro.

Sources : Republika, The Jakarta Post, Serambi Indonesia

Biography

Name : Teungku Hasan Muhammad di Tiro

Born : Pidie, Aceh, September 4^th September 1930

Parents : Tengku Pocut Fatimah (mother) and Tengku Muhammad Hasan (father)
Education :

• Faculty of Law, Indonesia Islam University, Jogjakarta Indonesia (1945)
• International Law of Colombia University

Wife : Dora (divorce)

Son : Karim Tiro (a doctor that teach in Unites States

Organization :

• Young Chief of Republic Indonesia Youngmen (Pemuda Republik Indonesia/PRI) in 1945
  
• Staff of Prime Minister II, Syafruddin Prawiranegara
  
• Presiden National Liberation Front of Acheh Sumatra

Internasional Experience :

• 1950 – 1954 : Information Official Indonesian Delegation in UNO in United States
• Chief of Mutabakh, Nonstructural Institution in Libya
• Honoured as Doctor in Law from Plano University, Texas, United States
• Founder Aceh Institute in United States
• 1973 : Great Advisor in World Muslim Conference from King Feisal, The King of Arab Saudi
  

Publication :

• The Legal Status of Acheh Sumatra under International Law (1980)

Source : Tempo