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Sungai Siput Incident
Part of Malayan Emergency
Sungai SiputSungai Siput incident (Peninsular Malaysia)
Date 16 June 1948 Location Sungai Siput, Perak, Malaya Result Communist victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Malayan Communist Party
Casualties and losses
3 killed	None

The Sungai Siput incident 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 estates – the Elphil estate and Phin Soon estate. The estates were two kilometres apart.

Elphil Estate manager A.E. Walker was shot at his office desk at 8:30 am. Thirty minutes later, Phin Soon's manager John Allison and his assistant Ian Christian were tied and killed by the communists. 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 insurgents and died at Ipoh Hospital. Boris Hembry was a planter and in his book entitled "Malaysian Spymaster: Memoirs Of A Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter And Spy", he wrote, "It would appear that early on that morning, communist terrorists had slashed a lot of young rubber trees on Dovenby. 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."

Fourth target

Another attack was planned on a fourth European estate nearby, however, this failed because the target's jeep broke down making him late for work. More gunmen were sent to kill him but left after failing to find him. The British enacted emergency measures into law in response to the Sungai Siput incident. Under these measures, the colonial government outlawed the Malayan Communist Party and began mass arresting thousands of trade unions and left-wing activists.

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.
5. Souchou Yao (2016). The Malayan Emergency A Small, Distant War (PDF). Monograph series, no. 133. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. pp. 40–41. ISBN 9788776941918.

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