Sungai Siput Incident
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| Sungai Siput Incident | |||||
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| Part of Malayan Emergency | |||||
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 United Kingdom
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| 3 killed | |||||
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.
Elphil Estate manager A.E. Walker was shot in at his office desk at 8.30am. Nearby manager John Alison and his assistant Ian Christian of the Phin Soon Estate were killed about 30 minutes later.[1][2]
This attack led to the declaration of a state of emergency a few weeks later.
References
- ↑ "Killings that Triggered the Malayan Emergency in 1948" by Foong Thim Leng (The Star - June 11,2011) Malaysian Palm Oil Association accessed 4 November 2013
- ↑ "CHINESE GANGSTERS.". Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950) (WA: National Library of Australia). 17 June 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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