Ngah Ibrahim Brought Home After 129 Years of Exile
Two Malay warriors who helped Datuk Maharajalela fight the British in the 1891 Perak War, and were buried in Singapore after being sentenced to exile, were brought home to Perak on September 9, 2006.
They were Orang Kaya Menteri Ngah Ibrahim Jaafar and Laksamana Mohamad Amin. Ngah Ibrahim's remains were reburied at Kota Ngah Ibrahim, located near the Matang Mosque in Taiping, while Mohamad Amin's remains were laid to rest at the Royal Mausoleum in Bukit Chandan. The remains of both Perak warriors were brought back from Singapore aboard a Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) vessel. The effort to repatriate the remains was organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, the Department of Museums and Antiquities, the Commissioner of the National Heritage Department, and several historical bodies, including the Perak state government.
The graves of warriors Ngah Ibrahim Jaafar and Laksamana Mohamad Amin were exhumed, and both remains were placed in separate coffins draped with the Jalur Gemilang and the Perak state flag, receiving full ceremonial reburial honors.
Who exactly was Ngah Ibrahim? Ngah Ibrahim and Mohamad Amin, along with Datuk Maharajalela, Pandak Endut, Sipuntum, and many other Malay warriors of Perak at the time, stood shoulder to shoulder to resist British colonization. Following the assassination of Birch, Ngah Ibrahim was eventually sentenced to exile in the Seychelles in 1877 and later transferred to Sarawak before returning to Singapore, where he passed away on February 4, 1895. His remains were buried at the Al Junid cemetery in Singapore before being brought back to Perak on September 9, 2006.
