Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya koma Jakarta, Latuharhary ya fara aiki ga Jafananci a ƙarƙashin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Cikin Gida don gudanar da Moluccans a Java, kuma yana da alhakin ayyukansu. A cikin 1944, Kenpeitai sun kama wani rukuni na Ambonese ciki har da Latuharhary kuma suka kawo su Bogor saboda ana zargin su da leken asiri ga sojojin Allied, kuma saboda gaskiyar cewa Latuharhary ya yi amfani da matsayinsa a cikin gwamnatin Japan don dalilai na siyasa. Duk da haka, matarsa da wasu biyu sun sake shawo kan wani kwamandan sojojin ruwa na Japan ya shirya a sake su. A ƙarshen 1944, an sake kama shi bayan wani fursuna Moluccan ya tsere daga kurkuku. Hukumomin Japan a lokacin sun kasance masu shakkar Ambonese bayan yakin Morotai.
da kuma bom din da Ambon ya yi a 1944, wanda ya kara da cewa ayyukan leken asiri na Allied a cikin Moluccas wanda Ambonese Julius Tahija ya jagoranci.