Mok

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Mok

BK, HPP, p. 86 / BK, PPR, pp. 32, 66, 68-69, 87-88, 180, 244, 417, 454 / BK

Chhit Choeun ;

tall, thin, light-skinned, grey-haired, balding ; ( BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ one-legged ; ( BK)

21 ;notes: born "in the remote west of Tram Kak District", Takeo province (BK, HPP, p. 86) ~ 21 (BK, PPR, p. 180)

Khom ;type of rel.: D ; (BK, HPP, p. 354) ~ Chong ;type of rel.: Sn ;notes: former CPK secretary of Prey Kabas District and Region 33 Secretary (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Muth ;type of rel.: son-in-law ;notes: in 1973, promoted to secretary of the newly organized 3rd Zone brigade (BK, HPP, p. 354) ~ Khim ;notes: was secretary of Kong Pisei district (BK, HPP, p. 415) ~ Khe Muth ;type of rel.: SL ; (BK, PPR, p. 32) ~ Khom ;type of rel.: D ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Ho ;type of rel.: D ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Cham ;type of rel.: S ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Chay ;type of rel.: S ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Tith ;type of rel.: BL ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Chong ;type of rel.: S ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Kol ;type of rel.: S ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Boran ;type of rel.: SL ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Soeun ;type of rel.: SL ; (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Ren ;type of rel.: SL ; (BK, PPR, p. 88) ~ Vin ;type of rel.: SL ; (BK, PPR, p. 88)

educated in a monastery in Tram Kak district (BK, HPP, p. 86)

Issarak chief of Tram Kak district (BK, HPP, p. 86)

SW (BK, HPP, p. 314) ~ SW (BK, PPR, p. 66)

military (BK, HPP, p. 314)

Central Committee member (BK, HPP, p. 201) ~ Southwest Zone Secretary ;notes: in the early 1970s, although some sources describe Chou Chet as secretary with Mok as his deputy (no doubt a reflection of their rivalry)(BK, HPP, p. 314) ~ military commander of the Southwest (BK, HPP, p. 314) ~ Southwest Zone CPK Secretary, 1968???? (BK, PPR, p. 87)

vice-president of Cambodian People's Representative Assembly Standing Committee, 1976???? (BK, PPR, p. 326) ~ Northwest Zone CPK secretary, 1978???? (BK, PPR, p. 417)

tens of thousands of new deportees ;code: 1.64, killed, 1979???? ;notes: killed from hunger and disease during evacuation from Southwest to Northwest (BK, PPR, p. 454) ~ "thousands" at Koh Kralor ;code: 1.60, killed, 1979???? ;notes: killed in a single ma

In July 1971, a two-week conference was held at Pol Pot's headquarters in the Northern Zone. Mok was among those who attended (BK, HPP, p. 328) ~ In 1972, Mok called a meeting of over 3,000 monks in Kampong Chhnang, in order to persuade them to defrock and join the military ("the first known example of such a CPK policy")(BK, HPP, p. 346) ~ According to a subdistrict cadre in Kampong Speu, Mok rounded up hundreds of dissidents 'from all over the South-West in 1973; they were allegedly forced to perform hard labor (BK, HPP, p. 357) ~ In 1973, "the Mok-Thuch Rin tendency," closely allied with the CPK Center, "established its supremecy over Prasith, Chou Chet and their more moderate colleagues." Fighting between Chet and Mok's followers began (BK, HPP, p. 375) ~ a Yuvakok member said, "Mok was cruel ever since 1971-1972... The killings began in 1973, as the bombs were falling. Also, some prisoners of war were executed, and others put in re-education centers... The killings were in accordance with regulations... I know for sure, from friends who worked directly with Mok, that he was the one who ordered the killings. They took place in the forest" (BK, HPP, p. 376) ~ "A CPK subdistrict cadre in the area [of Oudong]affirms that the orders to evacuate the town [Oudong's]population came directly from Mok" (BK, HPP, p. 384) ~ met Pol Pot at Wat Unnalom during the 1960s (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ addressed meeting at Prey Nop concerning eliminating all pro-Vietnamese influence in the government, 19770417 ;notes: Mok said, "We must drive all the pro-Vietnamese from the revolutionary ranks" (BK, PPR, p. 244)

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