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Syed Mohamed Alatas succeed Che Long as the leader of the Red Flagsecret society.During the Dutch siege on Acheh in thelate 19th century, Syed Alatas ran anarms smuggling trade. He obtained guns, cannons andammunination from British India andsupplied them to the Sultan of Achehand the anti-Dutch resistance.
After his death in the 1890s, his son Syed Sheikh Alatas inherited the leadership of the Red Flag and carried it into the early 20th century |
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| Syed Alatas' first wife was reputedly a Malay of royal descent. He also married a daughter of the Chinese pepper trader and secret society leader, Khoo Tiang Poh.
Syed Alatas' mid-19th century mansion at 128 Armenian Street is a well-preserved example of an early Straits Electric-style Muslim bungalow. |
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The mansion now belongs to the Municipa Council and there are plans to rehabilitate it in a pilot restoration project to be carried out by the state with the French technical assistance. The building has been proposed as the premises of a heritage training centre for traditional building crafts training and heritage education.
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