BIOGRAPHY
Koy Thuon
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Record No :
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Y00465
Y00465
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Last Name :
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Koy
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First Name :
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Thuon
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Source of Documents / Information :
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DC, BK, p. 123 / BK, PPR, pp. 60, 91, 306-307, 313-314, 320 / BKI 145 A, pp. 698-708 / / PPP, pp. 279, 335 / BKI 123 A, p. 191 / BKI 131 A, B, p. 320 / BKI 146, p. 552
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Other Name :
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Thuch ;
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| Birth and Death | |
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Death Date :
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19770317 ; (BK, PPR, p. 325)
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Death Place :
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Tuol Sleng prison, in Phnom Penh (BK, PPR, p. 325)
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| History / Roles | |
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Pre DK Occupation :
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.2451 ;notes: journalist (BK, PPR, p. 91) ~ .23 ;notes: school teacher (BK, PPR, p. 91) ~ Deputy Information Minister under Hu Nim, 1962???? - 1963???? (BKI 123 A, p. 191) ~ .23 ;notes: teacher (BKI 131 A, B, p. 320) ~ .23 ;notes: teacher (BKI 146, p. 552)
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DK Zone 75-79 :
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N (DC, BK, p. 123) ~ N, 1975???? (BK, PPR, p. 60) ~ W, 37 (BKI 145 A, p. 699)
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DK ORG Type 75-79 :
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political (BK, PPR, p. 60)
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KR Rank Pre 75 :
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Northern Zone secretary (DC, BK, p. 123) ~ Northern Zone Communist Party of Kampuchea Secretary, to 1975 (BK, PPR, p. 60) ~ member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Standing Committee, 197510?? ;notes: fifth position in hierarchy with responsibility for domestic and foreign trade. Fell to sixth position in November 1975, and to seventh in 1976 (BK, PPR, pp. 314, 319)
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KR Rank 75-79 :
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Chief of State Commerce ;notes: replaced in 1977 (DC, BK, p. 124) ~ head of DK Commerce Ministry ;notes: "Nhiem ... was protean peanicikam (Chief of Commerce)there (Kompong Som)... under Ta Khuon" (BKI 145 A, p. 699)
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Superiors :
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So Phim, leader of the Eastern Zone, 1960???? ;notes: "he worked under So Phim - in fact the Eastern Zone was the father of the Northern Zone" (BKI 159 A - D, p. 396)
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Subordinates :
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Ke Pauk, to 1975 (DC, BK, p. 123 ) ~ Nhiem (BKI 145 A, p. 699) ~ An (BKI 145 A, p. 699) ~ Sarin (BKI 145 A, p. 704) ~ Cho Chhan (Sreng);notes: Deputy Secretary of the Northern Zone (PPP, p. 335) ~ Sim ;notes: joined K-33 from the North (PPP, p. 279) ~ Keo ;notes: joined K-33 from the North (PPP, p. 279) ~ Run ;notes: joined K-33 from the North (PPP, p. 279) ~ Lim ;notes: joined K-33 from the North (PPP, p. 279) ~ Chhorn (PPP, p. 279)
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Persecutor Of :
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10+ returnees from Singapore ;code: 4.0, sent to Tuol Sleng after returning from Singapore ;notes: "Before that only Khmers returning from Singapore where they'd been sent (in Lon Nol period?)to make boats. Came back in the boat in early 1976. Missed fami
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Persecuted By :
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the Center ;code: 4.06, arrested and jailed in Tuol Sleng prison, 19770125 (BK, PPR, p. 325) ~ the Center ;code: 1.56, killed in jail, 19770317 (BK, PPR, p. 325)
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Activity Pre 79 :
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met Sihanouk, 1973???? ;notes: According to Sihanouk, Thuon was "a very nice man" (BK, PPR, p. 314) ~ transport of arms and tanks occurred during time of his leadership ;notes: "I saw the guns start to arrive, in late 1976. Tanks and APC's I saw...in late 1976, I saw artillery, tanks, guns, two or three convoys a month. From August or September 1976. By the time I was arrested, I think there were five boatloads of weapons. About two weeks before I was arrested (February 1977), a whole load of tanks, two or three boats full: amphibious tanks, big gun tanks" (BKI 145 A, p. 703) ~ called a traitor in February, 1977 ;notes: "When it was heard from Phnom Penh that mit (friend)Khuon was a traitor, there were movements in Kompong Som" (BKI 125 A, p. 704)
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Resistance :
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wished to follow a more gradualist policy (DC, BK, p. 123)
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Associates :
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Hu Nim ;notes: at the Ministry of Information (DC, BK, p. 123 ) ~ Tiv Ol ;notes: at the Ministry of Information (DC, BK, p. 123 )
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Prison History :
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Tuol Sleng prison, Phnom Penh ;notes: date of confession: March 4, 1977 (BK, PPR, p. 307) ~ 19770317 (BK, PPR, p. 325)
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Copyright :
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© DC-Cam |
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រក្សាសិទ្ធិដោយ :
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© មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលឯកសារកម្ពុជា |