Sungai Siput (U) is a small town in Perak. It is an unknown town. 1948 set a new history of Malaya and Sungai Siput (U) became central of attention worldwide. The killing of 3 English planters, force the British to declared Malayan Emergency. Sungai Siput (U) became one of the main operation centre for the Communist Party of Malaya. Sungai Siput was repeated mentioned in books related to Malayan Emergency or Insurgency e.g. The Jungle is Natural, Nation Before Self and Chin Peng - My Side of History.
Younger generation do not know the Ginger Operation. The older generation has forgotten the pass. Gone are the days where curfew on and off. Sungai Siput has been classified as 'black' area for security reasons for many years till 1980's. Nowadays, people in Sungai Siput lives peacefully and harmony.
Not many people knows that Sungai Siput (U) was closely related to the Malaya independence! The years has passed, no one seems to remembered Tun V.T. Sambanthan and Tok Pangku Hamid who played an essential role for an independence Malaya.
Tun V.T. Sambanthan, once the National President of MIC was the Sungai Siput Member of Parliament and a Minister. He played a key role for Malaya independence. He was born in Sungai Siput (U).
Tok Pangku Hamid was the first and the only Senator from Sungai Siput (as at to date). He is an "orang asal" living in Lintang. He is the first "orang asal" and the first Sungai Siput people appointed as Senator.
Apart from them, there are many more politicians from Sungai Siput who hold key Government post.
There are many top civil servants are from Sungai Siput too e.g. the Director General of National Landscape Department, the Director of Perak State Land and Mineral Department and a Special Assistant to Tun Mahathir.
