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Ta Mok
Ta Mok | |
|---|---|
| តាម៉ុក | |
 Ta Mok in 1999. | |
| Born | Chhit Choeun 1924 |
| Died | 21 July 2006 (aged 81–82) Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Years active | 1970–1999 |
| Known for | Military leader of the Khmer Rouge |
| Political party | Communist Party of Kampuchea Party of Democratic Kampuchea |
Date apprehended | 6 March 1999 |
Ta Mok (Khmer: តាម៉ុក; born Chhit Choeun, ឈិត ជឿន; 1924 – 21 July 2006), also known as Nguon Kang,[1] was a Cambodian military chief[2] and soldier who was a senior figure in the Khmer Rouge and the leader of the national army of Democratic Kampuchea.[3] He was also known as "Brother Number Five" or "the Butcher".[4] He was captured along the Thailand-Cambodia border in March 1999 by Cambodian government forces while on the run with a small band of followers[5] and was held in government custody until his death in 2006 while awaiting his war crime trial.
- ^ Karl D. Jackson (1989). Cambodia, 1975-1978: Rendezvous with Death. Princeton University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-691-07807-6.
- ^ "Khmer Rouge Leader Ta Mok Dies Ahead of Trial". Radio Free Asia. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "Profile:Ta Mok". Trial. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Khmer Rouge 'butcher' Ta Mok dies". BBC News. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009.
- ^ "Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge Head Facing Genocide Trial, Dies". The New York Times. 21 July 2006.
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