Lengkong incident

Lengkong incident
Part of theIndonesian National Revolution
Date 25 January 1946 Location Lengkong,Tangerang,Banten Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Indonesia	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Major Daan Mogot†
Strength
Cadets and officers	Local garrison
Casualties and losses
36 killed	Unknown

TheLengkong incidentwas an incident that occurred on 25 January 1946, where cadets from the newly formedIndonesian Military Academyand Japanese soldiers unexpectedly engaged in combat.

Events

In the afternoon of 25 January 1946, a group of newly enrolledIndonesian Military Academycadets in Tangerang led by MajorDaan Mogotwent to a Japanese base in Lengkong, in what is todaySouth Tangerang,in order to discuss disarmament of the Japanese troops and acquire their weapons.The negotiations, which began with the transfer of someGurkhaprisoners of war, initially went well and the cadets began collecting the weapons, when a shot was fired – the culprit was unknown, with an account describing one of the Gurkhas having accidentally fired the weapon and another describing one of the cadets' weaponsfiring accidentally.

After the shot, Japanese soldiers retook the seized weapons and began attacking the cadets.In the ensuing shootout, 33 cadets and 3 of their officers, including Daan Mogot, were killed.TheIndonesian Armylater threatened to send in soldiers to Lengkong, prompting the Japanese garrison to surrender.

Aftermath

The dead cadets and officers were buried in a nearby forest, though they were later reburied on a plot of land near Tangerang's regimental headquarters, and the burial site is today known as the Cadet Heroes' Cemetery (Indonesian:Taman Makam Pahlawan Taruna).A monument was erected at the site of the incident in 1993, and in 2005Army Chief of StaffRyamizard Ryacuduset 25 January, the date of the incident, as a commemoration day for the Military Academy.