Chhouk

Y00137

Chhouk

BKI 171, pp. 455-457 / BKI 129 B (ii), pp. 3161, 3162, 3163, 3165, 3166 / BKI, p. 470 / BKI 113, pp. 157 164, 165, 166 / BKI 164, p. 114 / BKI 163, pp. 106, 109, 110 / BKI 85, p. 201 / BKI 205, p. 327

Suas Son ;notes: "real name"

Male

full rights ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165)

fat but short, dark ; ( BKI 203, p. 3325)

193????? ;notes: would have been 47 in 1979 or 1980 (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3166)

Trach Village, Longeun Subdistrict, Svay Rieng District, Svay Rieng Province, Eastern Zone (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ Peam Ro District, Region 24, Prey Veng Province, Eastern Zone (BKI 163, p. 106)

197608?? ;notes: "Disappeared" (BKI 205, p. 3279)

Suas Samon ;type of rel.: W ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ Suas Samrong ;type of rel.: P ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3166) ~ Suas Non ;type of rel.: P ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3166) ~ Suvlena ;type of rel.: D ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ notes: five children (four alive in 1980)(BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ two more younger brothers ; (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3166)

Pali school in Kampong Cham (BKI 159 A-D, p. 421) ~ high school (DC, BK, p. 156)

.222 ;notes: medic (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ 0.2, 196????? ;notes: teacher at Lycee Kambuboth in Phnom Penh (DC, BK, p. 156)

CPK ;notes: "Chhouk was in the struggle movement in Phnom Penh by 1957 or 1958. Don't know when he joined the CP. He had a party card. I saw it but couldn't read the letters. It said he was 'a leader,' [with]'full rights'" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165)

E, 24 (BKI 171, p. 455) ~ E, 24, 1965????-1970???? (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ E, Ba Phnom, Chheu Kach, Chheu Kach, 14010301 (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ E, 24, Ba Phnom (BKI 113, p. 164) ~ E, 24 (BKI 164, p. 114) ~ E, 24, 1970????-1975???? (BKI 163, p. 106) ~ E, 24 (BKI 205, p. 3279) ~ E, 24 (BKI 202, p. 3241) ~ E, 24 (BKI 203, p. 3309) ~ E (BKI 131A, p. 324) ~ E, 24 (DC, BK, p. 156)

political (BKI 164, p. 114) ~ political (BKI 163, p. 106) ~ political (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ political (BKI 159 A-D, p. 408) ~ military (BKI 159 A-D, p. 422)

Region 24 underground chief, 1965???? (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ Region 24 chief (BKI, p. 470) ~ Eastern Zone committee member (BKI, p. 470) ~ Region 24 chief (BKI 164, p. 114) ~ Region 24 chief, Eastern Zone, 1970????-1975???? (BKI 163, p. 106) ~ Eastern Zone committee member, 1971???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 402) ~ member, CPK standing committee of Eastern Zone, 1973????-1974???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 411) ~ underground chief, Region 24, Eastern Zone, 1965???? (DC, BK, p. 175)

Region 24 chief, 1975????-1977???? ;notes: 1975 to before February 1977 (BKI 171, p. 456) ~ Head of Region 24, 1975???? (BKI 113, p. 164) ~ Region 24 chief ;notes: until 1977 (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ Eastern Zone committee member, 1978???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 408) ~ Region 24 secretary, 1978???? (BKI 159 A-D, p. 408) ~ Region 24 secretary (BKI 202, p. 3241)

Ni ;code: 4.0, arrested, 1977???? (BKI 129 B (ii), pp. 3162-3163) ~ ;code: 4.0, arrested, 1977???? (BKI 113, p. 164) ~ ;code: 4.0, arrested, 1976???? ;notes: "Then replaced, arrested 1976" (BKI 113, p. 106) ~ ;code: 4.0, arrested (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ ;c

reportedly ran a reasonable work regime. "He was never cruel to me... While Chhouk was around our living conditions were middling (mathyum). No shortages. Ate normally, sufficient. It varied. No gruel, just rice" (BKI 171, p. 455, 456) ~ "disappeared" before February, 1977 (BKI 171, p. 456) ~ "After the peace [in 1954], he went back to his village, and distributed the Pracheachon newspaper, and was an activist among students" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ "Chhouk went to Region 24 as its underground chief. We were thus separated from 1965 to 1970" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ never had conflict with the Vietnamese communists (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3162) ~ reportedly ran a reasonable regime. "In Region 24 before Chhouk's arrest there was enough to eat, not yet communal dining as far as I can recall. Living conditions were much higher than at Chhlong for all the people in Region 24" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ "Chhouk was in the struggle movement in Phnom Penh by 1957 or 1958" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ "Chhouk frequently went to Phnom Penh or to the Zone office, before his arrest. He would be away for 10 to 14 days sometimes. He didn't seem worried for his own safety after they arrested Chakrey" (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ "And Chhouk was like that, he was active in Region 24, all the big cadres were under his orders" (BKI 113, p. 165) ~ "struggling to revise (sa'er rer)Pol Pot" (BKI 113, p. 165) ~ "Chhouk was not that good, but he didn't persecute the people very much", 1970????-1975???? (BKI 163, p. 106) ~ could speak Vietnamese (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ "People would say that he really hated the Vietnamese" (BKI 85, p. 201) ~ "And Chhouk had no relations with enemies anywhere. From Neak Leung upriver, the lower Mekong River, who was it who fought the Americans there? Planes came and dropped bombs every 5 minutes there. Could decide strategy: trucks could not come from Saigon and by sea bringing supplies. To whose credit was this? Chakrey and Chhouk. Then they took Peamreang. Whose troops? Chhouk's and Chakrey's. Then they took Neak Leung. To whose credit? Then Phnom Penh was afraid, the Mekong was cut. So I don't agree when they say that they were allied to Vietnam. I don't agree. Chhouk had fought Vietnam a number of times" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 422)

Hou Yuon (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3161) ~ Non Suon (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3165) ~ So Phim (BKI, p. 470) ~ Phuong (BKI, p. 470) ~ So (BKI, p. 470) ~ Informant 113 (i);notes: housemates (BKI 113, p. 157) ~ Vung (BKI 113, p. 165) ~ Chhim (BKI 113, p. 165) ~ Song Rus ;notes: "I saw Chhouk several times in 1973 to 1974 when I was in prison at the regional HQ. Had I not seen him, I would have been killed" (BKI 163, p. 110) ~ Chakrey ;notes: "had all studied together at the Pali school" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 421) ~ Lat ;notes: "had all studied together at the Pali school" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 421) ~ Pichey ;notes: "had all studied together at the Pali school" (BKI 159 A-D, p. 421)

;entered: 1977???? (BKI 129 B (ii), p. 3163) ~ ;entered: 1976???? ;notes: "Then replaced, arrested 1976" (BKI 113, p. 106) ~ ;notes: arrested while So Phim was in Beijing (for medical treatment)(BKI 202, p. 3241) ~ ;entered: 19760828 (BK, PPR, p. 329)

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