Sok Choeun

BMI0018

Sok

Choeun

Alive

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[Present age: 56 year-old]

13060402 Preah Vihear, Koulen, Sdao, Sdao

1972????

volunteer to liberate the king

In 1975, Choeun worked in messenger unit, known as K-7,near the Royal Palace. In 1976, she worked at

Central zone (12), Phnom Penh

Cook

In 1975, Choeun worked at K-7 unit which was under the control of Hong.

Three youths in the same district

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BMI0018 20101014 Trasek Chrum village, Malai commune, Malai district, Banteay Meanchey Province. Interviewed by Sorm Bunthorn. Interviewed with Sokh Choeun, female, 56 year-old. None biography.

Sokh Choeun, female, 56 years old, lives in Sdao village, Kolen district, Preah Vihear province. She studied through grade 11. Choeun
has six siblings and is the fourth child in the
family. In 1972, the Khmer Rouge called for villagers to join revolution to liberate the king. When she was 17 years old, Choeun decided
to leave her parents to serve the revolution. At that time, there were only four young people
in the district, including her, who had joined the Khmer Rouge. She was assigned to serve the senior Khmer Rouge leaders, includigPol Pot, Ieng Sary and Kheiu Samphan in Kampong Cham province, where the central office was, for a month. Working there, she got to know Nuon Chea
better than the other Khmer Rouge leaders, because Nuon Chea taughtworkers about politics.
Later on, Choeun moved to work in the S-17 unit, along the Tonle Sap river. She was assigned to sew clothes for soldier and she sometimes carriedweapons to Chinik river in Kampong Thom province. The S-17 unit had around
100 people in it. Ben was the unit chief. The unit was moved to different places, including Kikry, Svay Rumpear and Bateay, Kampong province.
When the Khmer Rouge arrived in Phnom Penh in 1975, Cheoun relocated there was well. For ten days, she was assigned to sew pillows in the Royal Palace. She then worked in a messenger unit, known as the K-7 unit. It was located near the Royal Palace. Choeun worked there to prepare the accommodations for the Chinese delegation. During this time, around 30 to 40 Khmer Rouge cadres from all zones were trained by Chinese experts on photographic skills. Hong, a secretary of the Khmer Rouge leaders, assigned Choeun to be a cook during the training at Techno University. She worked there
for a year and then returned to her unit. In 1976, she married a driver from the Ministry of Foreign Affair. She then moved to live with her husband and assisted the cook at the Ministry.
When the regime collapsed in 1979, Choeun and her husband fled to Battambang, Boeng Beng, Salar Krao, Pailin, Kamrieng, Phnom Khieu, and then backed to Pailin. She finally reached Sreah Keo camp, where the Khmer Rouge regained their force. Later on, Choeun went to Malai, known as Region 102, for a while. Shethen left for Phnom Khieu when the Vietnamese troops
came to the border. She fled to refugee camp Th-85 in 1985 and returned to Cambodia in 1990.

Sokh Cheoun

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