Ahmad Boestamam

Abdullah Thani bin Raja Kechi (30 November 1920 – 19 January 1983), commonly known as Ahmad Boestamam, was a Malaysian freedom fighter and politician. He was the founding president of Parti Rakyat Malaysia and Parti Marhaen Malaysia and former chairman of Malaysian Social Justice Party. He was an editor and reporter for several newspapers and took a pen-name honouring Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. He was elected the member of parliament for Setepak in Malaysia' first post-independence elections in 1959, and served lengthy spells as a political prisoner. Provided by Wikipedia