Chou Chet

Y00149

Chou

Chet

BKI 147, pp. 530-532 / BKI 152, pp. 510, 511, 513 / BKI, pp. 500-506, 508 / BKI 138 B (ii), p. 1533 / PPP, pp. 250, 336 / EB, WWO, p. 194 / DC, BK, pp. 162-186 / BK, PPR, pp. 78-9, 88-89, 390, 392-393

Sy ;

Male

thin, short, dark-skinned ; ( BK, PPR, p. 88)

Yiey Li ;type of rel.: W ; (BKI p. 501) ~ Am Nen ;type of rel.: W ; (BK, PPR, pp. 89, 392)

.2451 ;notes: journalist in Phnom Penh (BKI, p. 504) ~ .1 ;notes: politician (PPP, p. 332)

Pracheachon Group (PPP, p. 332) ~ Communist Party of Kampuchea (PPP, p. 336) ~ CPK (EB, WWO, p. 194)

SW (BKI 147, p. 532) ~ W ;notes: after 1975 (BKI 138 B (ii), p. 1533) ~ W (PPP, p. 336) ~ W (EB, WWO, p. 194) ~ W (DC, BK, p. 162) ~ SW (BK, PPR, p. 79)

political (BKI p. 500) ~ political (DC, BK, p. 162) ~ political (BK, PPR, p. 79)

Member of the Southwest Zone Committee, deputy in charge of economics (BKI 147, p. 531) ~ "deputy to Mok in Southwest Zone", 1973???? (BKI 152, p. 510) ~ leadership of newly created Western Zone, 1973???? ;notes: "he was transferred and the Southwest Zone was divided into two and the Western Zone created. This was in 1973, 2 yrs before Phnom Penh was liberated. I am sure about this" (BKI 152, p. 511) ~ "in charge of Southwest Zone, in charge of politics in the Southwest", 1973???? (BKI, p. 500) ~ in control of Kampot province, Takeo province, Kampong Speu province, Kampong Chhnang province and Koh Kong province, 1974???? ;notes: "He traveled to 5 provinces, Kampot, Takeo, Kompong Speu, Kompong Chhnang, Koh Kong - all under his control" (BKI, p. 505) ~ snong kar niyobay (political commissar), 1972???? ;notes: Didn't have full power of the political commissar. "Chou Chet was snong kar niyobay (political commissar)and Mok was akeabonhciakar (commander). But Mok had the authority, in reverse because Chet was an intellectual and they were not allowed much authority. He really was political commissar, but Mok had the power" (BKI 138 B (ii), p. 1534) ~ Southwest Zone Chairman (DC, BK, p. 162)

Central Committee Member (BKI 147, p. 532) ~ Member of the Central Committee (kana mocchim)(BKI, p. 505) ~ in charge of Western Zone (BKI 138 B (ii), p. 1533) ~ leader of Western Zone (EB, WWO, p. 194) ~ Party Secretary, Western Zone (DC, BK, p. 162) ~ member of Standing Committee of Southwest Zone Communist Party of Kampuchea Committee, to1975 (BK, PPR, pp. 78-9) ~ Deputy Zone Secretary, Southwest Zone, to 1975 (BK, PPR, p. 79) ~ Secretary of the Zone Communist Party of Kampuchea, Western Zone, from 1975 (BK, PPR, p. 89) ~ CPK Secretary of the Western Zone until his arrest in March 1978, when Yim sided with Mok against him (PPP, p. 336)

Mok ;notes: "Mok was superior to him from the beginning" (BKI 147, p. 531)

Sem Pal, Deputy Zone Secretary (BK, PPR, p. 89)

Ly Sae ;code: 01.56, killed, 1973???? ;notes: "Mok was head of the Southwest Zone. And Chou Chet was also there - cruel, killed people like comrade Ly Sae, a highly educated cadre in the Southwest Zone. Killed 1973" (BKI 147, p. 530)

;code: 4.0, arrested, 1978???? (PPP, p. 336) ~ Center (DC, BK, p. 186) ~ ;code: 4.06, arrested and jailed in Tuol Sleng, 19780315 (BK, PPR, p. 392)

Chou Chet worked mostly in the peak (zone)at Kompong Speu, Kompong Chhnang, Koh Kong ;notes: pre-75 (BKI 147, p. 532) ~ re-educated and taught Lon Nol soldiers and intellectuals rather than killing them, 1973???? (BKI 152, p. 511) ~ Conducted training of cadres at Kantuot, Thpong district, Kampong Speu, Southwest Zone, 1973???? (BKI, pp. 500, 503) ~ "Got on well with" the Vietnamese, 1973???? (BKI, p. 502) ~ Spoke about solidarity with the Vietnamese and the value of their military and technical aid (BKI, pp. 503, 506) ~ Called a traitor by cadre in NW Zone because he was against the evacuation of the E Zone population (BKI, p. 508) ~ "He was bigger than Mok, in charge of politics" (BKI, p. 505) ~ "internal struggler" (BKI 138 B (ii), p. 1534) ~ eclipsed as zone chairman of Southwest by party secretary Mok, 1973????-1974???? (DC, BK, p. 162) ~ addressed the Communist Party of Kampuchea meeting concerning Vietnam, Kampong Speu, 1978???? ;notes: according to Chai, Chet did not describe the Vietnamese as "enemies"; "He was just informing us. He was moderate" (BK, PPR, p. 390)

disagreed with the killing of captured or deserting Lon Nol soldiers and the execution of Sangha Hoeun and his followers, 1973???? ;notes: "1973 Chou Chet was transferred to the Western Zone ("Bacchim"). Not 1975. Transferred from my khum. He went to discuss the problem of killing the Lon Nol soldiers [and the execution of Sangha Hoeun and his followers]. He didn't agree with that, so he was transferred and the Southwest Zone was divided into two, and the Western Zone created. This was in 1973, 2 years before Phnom Penh was liberated. I am sure about this. Chou Chet and Ta Mok didn't get on at all. I saw their followers fighting one another about politics and theory in the middle of meetings in my khum" (BKI 152, p. 511) ~ possibly disagreed with purge and killing of Hanoi-trained cadre in Southwest Zone ;notes: "One of the internal disagreements was Mok's gathering up of all the Hanoi Khmers into one place and killing them off. He gathered them from all over the Southwest, over 3,000 of them. I was low-level, don't know Sy's opinion on this, probably it was different from Mok's, because from my observations it was from that time that they parted company" (BKI, p. 501) ~ opposed the evacuation of Phnom Penh, 1974???? ;notes: "Believed that there was no need to evacuate Phnom Penh after the liberation" (BKI, pp. 500, 504) ~ planned military uprising, 1978???? (DC, BK, p. 186) ~ helped plan rebellion in Western Zone against Paet Soeung, 1978???? (BK, PPR, p. 392) ~ arrested for planning a military uprising, 197803?? (DC, BK, p. 186)

Vorn Vet ;notes: friend (BKI 152, p. 513) ~ Hu Nim (PPP, pp. 250, 336) ~ Khieu Samphan (PPP, pp. 250, 336) ~ Yim (PPP, pp. 250, 336) ~ Chhit Choeun ("Mok")(PPP, pp. 250, 336) ~ Non Suon (PPP, p. 332) ~ So Phim (DC, BK, p. 186)

;entered: 1978???? (BKI 152, p. 513) ~ ;entered: 1978???? (BKI p. 501) ~ Tuol Sleng prison, Phnom Penh ;entered: 19780326 (BK, PPR, p. 392) ~ ;entered: 19780315 (BK, PPR, p. 392)

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