Promoting Accountability Monh Say

Monh Say

Keo

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Disappeared

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KCI0218 20021127, Chrak Sdao village, Trean sub-district, Kampong Siem district, Kampong Cham province. Interviewed by Chuong Sophearith. Notes: Monh Say disappeared. Interviewed with Monh Say's sister called Seun Chantha.

Age at time of interview: Over 50 years old Notes:

03061401, Kampong Cham, Kampong Siem, Trean, Chrak

1972????

Volunteer.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phnom Penh

Deputy director of Civil Aeronautics

Central Zone, No. 12, Phnom Penh

Manh Say, Keo, male, disappeared. Interviewed with his 37-year-old younger sister, Sin Chantha; Say's father was Monh Sin and his mother was Thav Than. Say has 8 siblings (8 girls and 2 boys). Say was born in Chrak Sdao village, Trean sub-district, Kampong Siem district, Kampong Cham province. When he was a child, Say went to school, but no one knew in which grade he was. It was in 1972 that Say volunteered to join the revolution, and he first was in the district art group. Say and his group went to show every liberated zone. In 1975, Say visited home, bringing some medicines from Phnom Penh to deliver to neighbors; thus, his neighbors loved and liked him so much. When returning back to Phnom Penh, Say also brought three siblings with him: Sin Heng was to drive the truck, Sin Hoeun was to work as a medical staff, and Sin Chantha was to take care of children in Phnom Penh. When they lived in Phnom, the food ration was enough for them, so it's so difficult to live because Say often visited them. And, Say also brought his younger brother to visit his workplace every week. However, they didn't remember where it was, and they sometimes their elder brother, Say, took pictures with Chinese people. In 1977, they never saw their elder brother, Say. Later on, they heard that Say was captured and put in the truck by Angkar, and his wife and children were then captured. According to his biography, Say worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the deputy director of Civil Aeronautics. On February 8, 1977, Say was arrested by Angkar while his younger sister, Chantha, during the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979, was assigned to work in Phnom Penh through her elder brother, Say. When arriving in Phnom Penh, she lived near Phsar Thmey Market. Chantha was then designated to take care of children and to cook for Chinese guests when the Chinese guest visited every time. It was in 1979 that Vietnamese soldiers came into Phnom Penh, and Chantha ran to Koh Kong province, seeing many people dead along the road because of the starvation. When arriving in Koh Kong for a short time, Chantha really missed her parents and siblings. And, she then tried to find a way how to go back to her home village. Although the Khmer Rouge told that "If returning to home villages, you will be killed by Vietnamese soldiers, Chanthan still went back to her hometown. Now, she got married and has children, living happily.

Sin Chantha saw Khmer Rouge soldiers capture people

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