Sungai Siput incident

The Sungai Siput incident is an event that marked the beginning of the Malayan Emergency on 16 June 1948. Three European plantation managers were killed at Sungai Siput, Perak in two different rubber estate named Elphil estate and Phin Soon estate. The distance of these estates was two kilometer long. [1]

Sungai Siput Incident
Part of Malayan Emergency
Sungai Siput
Sungai Siput incident (Peninsular Malaysia)
Date16 June 1948
Location
Sungai Siput, Perak, Malaya
Result Communist victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom Malayan Communist Party
Casualties and losses
3 killed None

Elphil Estate manager A.E. Walker was shot in at his office desk at 8.30am. Thirty minutes later, Phin Soon manager John Alison and his assistant Ian Christian of the Phin Soon Estate were tied and killed by Communists.[2][3]

This attack led to the declaration of a state of emergency a few weeks later.

On 13 July 1950, Inspector Ralph Lewis Inder of the Malay Police was attacked by gunmen and died at Ipoh hospital. Ralph had gone out to investigate and the bandits were waiting for him. Ralph and his escort of two constables were outnumbered six to one, but they put up a good fight. One of the special constables was killed and the other badly wounded, and the bandits got away with their weapons.” [4]

References
  1. https://www.orangperak.com/sejarah-berdarah-sungai-siput-utara-perak.html%3famp (in malay)
  2. "Killings that Triggered the Malayan Emergency in 1948" by Foong Thim Leng (The Star - 11 June 2011) Malaysian Palm Oil Association accessed 4 November 2013
  3. "CHINESE GANGSTERS". Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950). WA: National Library of Australia. 17 June 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. "Spymaster: Memoirs of a rubber planter, bandit fighter and spy by Boris Hembry accessed 28 November 2021.
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