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Son Sen

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Record No :
លេខកំណត់ត្រា :
Y00486
Y00486
Last Name :
Son
First Name :
Sen
Source of Documents / Information :
BK, PPR, pp. 32, 51, 94, 81, 87, 100, 106, 315, 327, 351, 355, 373, 387
Other Name :
Khieu ;
More Info
Physical Characteristics :
wore glasses ; ( BK, PPR, p. 51) ~ thinly built ; ( BK, PPR, p. 51)
Relative Information
Relatives :
Tith Nath ;type of rel.: Nephew ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Yun Yat ;type of rel.: W ; (BK, PPR, p. 355)
History / Roles
DK Zone 75-79 :
Special Zone, Center (BK, PPR, pp. 87, 100)
DK ORG Type 75-79 :
military, security (BK, PPR, p. 100)
KR Rank Pre 75 :
Deputy Secretary, Northeast Zone ;notes: under Pol Pot, who held the position of secretary 1968-1970; Sen, and the other deputy, Ieng Sary, succeeded Pol Pot (BK, PPR, p. 81) ~ ran Special Zone together with Vorn Vet until it was abolished in 1975 (BK, PPR, pp. 32, 94)
KR Rank 75-79 :
Deputy Prime Minister for National Defense, 19760414 (BK, PPR, p.327) ~ at October 9, 1975 meeting of CPK Standing Committee, Son Sen was charged with "General staff and security" (BK, PPR, pp. 100, 315) ~ member of the CPK Standing Committee (BK, PPR, p. 355) ~ commanded Center and Southwest Zone troops (BK, PPR, p. 398)
Superiors :
Vorn Vet, Special Zone Secretary (BK, PPR, p. 87)
Subordinates :
Deuch (BK, PPR, p. 315)
Persecutor Of :
Vietnamese and ethnic Khmers at Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam ;code: 1.60, killed, 19770924 ;notes: massacred by the 3rd Eastern Zone division under Son Sen's general command (BK, PPR, p. 373)
Activity Pre 79 :
when the Special Zone was abolished in the mddle of 1975, its leaders, Vorn Vet and Son Sen, "moved their headquarters to Phnom Penh" and brought with them Non Suon (BK, PPR, p. 94) ~ After the Vietnamese pullback of January 6, 1978, Pol Pot went to the Eastern Zone. At a public meeting at Wat Taung, he announced that each "Cambodian is to kill thirty Vietnamese, in order to move forward to liberate, to fight strongly in order to win southern Vietnam back." He urged DK forces to encourage the Khmer Krom to rise up in rebellion. Son Sen also presided (BK, PPR, p. 387) ~ At April 11, 1977 meeting of the Standing Committee, Son Sen is listed among the members present (BK, PPR, p. 351) ~ removed from the Standing Committee in 1978 (BK, PPR, p. 437) ~ attended special meeting on May 20, 1975 (BK, PPR, p. 57) ~ On September 24, 1977, "elements of the reconstituted 3rd Eastern Zone Division, under the general command of Son Sen, crossed into Tay Ninh Province [Vietnam]and massacred nearly three hundred civilians in five villages of Tan Bien and Ben Cau Districts" (BK, PPR, p. 373)
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