Vorn Vet

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Vorn

Vet

BKI 202, p. 3221 / BKI 40, pp. 632, 634 / BKI 39, p. 820 / BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406 / BKI 57 B, p. 1029 / BKI 146, p. 550 / BKI 85, pp. 196, 198 / BKI 86B, p. 1062 / BKI 152, p. 513 / PPP, pp. 7, 24

Vorn Veth ;

Male

tall, had a Phnom Penh accent ; ( BKI 40, p. 632) ~ "tall" ; ( BKI 86 B, p. 1062) ~ "dark" ; ( BKI 86 B, p. 1062) ~ "a bit thin" ; ( BKI 86 B, p. 1062) ~ "no specs" ; ( BKI 86 B, p. 1062) ~ "black" ; ( BKI 152, p. 513)

;notes: "in his 40's" (BKI 86 B, p. 1062)

Takeo Province (BKI 152, p. 513)

197811?? ; (PPP, p. 336)

;notes: "educated, not a peasant" (BKI 85, p. 198) ~ a "student from Battambang" (HPP, p. 124)

;notes: after his return at the end of the war against the French, Vet worked as a customs official (HPP, p. 172) ~ .232 ;notes: taught at the privately run Chamroeun Vichea high school (HPP, p. 176)

former Khmer Issarak (BKI 152, p. 513) ~ Communist Party of Kampuchea (PPP, p. 336) ~ joined Unified Issarak Front (UIF), 1954???? (HPP, p. 124) ~ joined "right-wing Issarak movement led by Savang Vong, and then the UIF in the latter stages of the war" (HPP, p. 172)

SW (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ Phnom Penh (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ C, 1977???? ;notes: "Vorn Vet was based in Kompong Cham, at the Central Zone headquarters" (BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406) ~ W, 15, 1976???? (BKI 146, p. 550) ~ Phnom Penh, 1976???? (BKI 146, p. 550) ~ ;notes: "Vorn Vet was kana peak pises (head of the Special Zone), which was Region 25, Region 15 and Region 67, i.e. Phnom Penh", 1971-1975 (BKI 146, p. 550) ~ Phnom Penh ;notes: Special Zone (BK, PPR, p. 79)

military (BK, PPR, p. 79)

;notes: "became a regional cadre", 1972 or 1973 (BKI 152, p. 513) ~ member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Central Committee (PPP, p. 336) ~ Secretary of the Phnom Penh Special Zone (EB, WWO, p. 187) ~ member of Central Committee, Communist Party of Kampuchea (EB, WWO, p. 194) ~ was first brought into Phnom Penh City Party Committee, with responsibility for "workers and the city population" (HPP, p. 181) ~ became secretary of the Phnom Penh party branch (HPP, p. 198) ~ member of Politburo (HPP, pp. 172, 200-201) ~ assumed control of Region 11, 1974???? (HPP, p. 380)

Secretary, Special Zone ;notes: "at that time victory there was the special zone, with Vorn Vet as Secretary" (BKI 202, p. 3221) ~ "He was in the Party Centre with Pol Pot", 1975????-1977???? (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ chief of the economy along Highway 7 front, 1977???? (BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406) ~ Member of the Politburo, and opak niyou rotmuntrei khang setekec (Deputy Prime Minister for the economy), 1978???? (BKI 57 B, p. 1029) ~ kana peak pises (zone special committee chief)for area including Region 25, Region 15, Region 67 (i.e., Phnom Penh), 1976???? (BKI 146, p. 550) ~ Economy Minister (BKI 85, p. 198) ~ confirmed member of the CPK Central Committee Standing Committee, 1976???? (PPP, p. 343) ~ in charge of the economy (EB, WWO, p. 194) ~ Minister of the Economy, 1977???? (DC, BK, p. 171) ~ assumed control of supply and logistics along Highway 7 (from Central to Eastern Zone), 1977???? (DC, BK, p. 171) ~ Secretary of Special Zone Forces, including 11th and 12th Divisions, 1974???? (BK, PPR, p. 79) ~ Deputy Prime Minister ;notes: "for the economy" (BK, PPR, p. 326)

Pol Pot (BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406)

Son Sen, Deputy Secretary, Special Zone, 1971-75 (BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 406) ~ Mey Prang (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ Sat Loi (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ Sang (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ Son Sen, deputy (BK, PPR, p. 87) ~ Cheng An, Minister of Industry (BK, PPR, p. 437)

Prasith, Deputy Secretary of Southwest Zone Party Committee, and Sangha Hoeun, fourth member of the Zone Committee ;code: 1.56, killed, 1974???? ;notes: executed them with the cooperation of Mok (DC, BK, p. 162)

;code: 1.56, killed in a purge, 197811?? (PPP, p. 336) ~ Duch, 1978???? ;notes: at Tuol Sleng, as part of a party purge of the ministry of industry, was forced into confessing that he was a double-agent for both the CIA and the Vietnamese (EB, WWO, pp. 33

supervised railway line, went to Kampong Som on railroad ;notes: "He came to supervise the railway line ... Vet seemed a good man; came to see what we were doing ... Last time I saw Vet was in 1976, then 1977 went to Kampong Som with Prang, Sang, Loi on the railroad. In late 1977 I saw him for the last time. He was the leader of Prang, etc" (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ arrested before Loi, Prang, Seng ;notes: "Vorn Vet was arrested as a traitor before these three, who were called his underlings" (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ attended study session for foreign returnees at Sala Chatomuk in June '78, with Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, and Cheng An, in order to draw up an educational program and help work in the Ministries ;notes: "In June 1978, before I arrived (in Phnom Penh)some of us with good standpoints (foreign returnees)were taken to open a study session at Sala Chatomuk, to help draw up an education program and help work in the Ministries. Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, Vorn Vet, Cheng An were all there" (BKI 39, p. 820) ~ went to Peking in delegation with Khieu Samphan, 1978???? (BKI 57 B, p. 1029) ~ member of a delegation to China, 197606?? ;notes: delegation included Chey (Non Suon)and Mey Prang (BKI 146, p. 550) ~ accused of forcing people to go without food, leading to his arrest in 1978 (BKI 85, p. 196) ~ accused of sending rice to Vietnam (BKI 85, p. 198) ~ at meeting of Party Center, assigned position of Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Economy and Finance, 19760330 (PPP, p. 7) ~ moved into So Phim's Number 4 Politburo position after the shooting of Yin Sophi, 197712?? (DC, BK, p. 175) ~ visited the Southwest Zone Office to try to calm the rivalry among Mok, Prasith and Chou Chet, 197102?? (HPP, pp. 326-327) ~ a "permanent presence in Region 25 from late 1973" (HPP, p. 383)

;notes: arrested (BKI 40, p. 632) ~ ;entered: 197807?? ;notes: arrested (BKI 85, p. 198) ~ Tuol Sleng Prison, Phnom Penh ;entered: 197811?? ;confessed: 197812?? (BK, PPR, p. 437)

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