Data Info
Record No
លេខឯកសារ
VPA-KP0168
Name
ឈ្មោះ
Suop Nep
សួស នែប
Gender
ភេទ
Male
ភេទ: ប្រុស
Date Of Birth
ថ្ងៃ-ខែ-ឆ្នាំកំណើត
19540525
Nationality
Khmer
Ethnicity
Khmer
Birth Place
Prey Yav village, Sre Knong commune, Chum Kiri district, Kampot province
Occupation
Commune chief
Current Address
Prey Yav village, Sre Knong commune, Chum Kiri district, Kampot province
Mode Participation
Complainant
Request Protective Measures
No;
Prefer form of Reparation
Depend on the judges
Crime Info
Main Crime Date
កាលបរិច្ឆេទឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មសំខាន់ៗ
19750413
Main Crime Location
Imprisonment in the agriculture office From 1972 to April 12, 1975, I served as a soldier, and was stationed in various provinces: Kampot, Takeo, Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang, and Pursat province. One morning on April 13, 1975, a chief of the first company, whose name I do not recall, of battalion 135, regiment number 2, division number 1, of the Southwest zone, called on my group, myself and four colleagues of mine, from the Longvek battlefield, to return home and farm work. Of these four, I can remember only Ranhh (deceased). At the time we were called on to work in Oral, we were at Longvek. Upon our arrival at Oral, we were forced to do heavy farm work. They assigned ten people to dig up one hectare of earth per day for farming. In the mornings, with nothing inside our stomach, we worked from seven a.m. to twelve p.m., which was lunch time for us. Ten people ate five cans of rice. Including civilians and soldiers, there were six hundred people working at this place. In the afternoons, we worked from two p.m.to five p.m. Then we had dinner. Every night, [we] worked until ten p.m. Sometimes, they forced us to work until three a.m. At the agriculture office at Oral, there was no hospital or medicine. Those who were sick had to keep working, otherwise, they would be accused of laziness, and even beaten. I heard and saw the sick disappear after they were accused of laziness. I think they were all executed. I do not know who took and killed the sick, or where the sick were killed. I often saw unit chiefs beating people who could not work. An unknown unit chief beat Ta Han with a stick, when he was too exhausted to carry dirt. From 1975 to 1979, there were three people supervising the agriculture office at Oral, who took turns supervising the place each day. Among the three, I remember one named Neng (deceased). The ones who forced me to suffer the extreme working conditions at the agriculture office at Oral for three years, and who weakened my health, are Ta Seng (deceased), regiment chief, Ta Soeng, who worked at the zone level (unknown if he is dead or alive), and Ta Lam, a chief of battalion 135 (unknown if he is dead or alive). I want to confirm, that there were six hundred soldiers called on to work at the agriculture office. The number was later reduced to around twenty five, only by the time the Vietnamese troops arrived. Lots of people, including Ranhh, who vanished in 1977, disappeared during this time. I lived in pain from April 13, 1975 to 1979, when the Vietnamese came to liberate us.
Other Info
Date Completion of Form
កាលបរិច្ឆេទនៃការបំពេញបែបបទ
20081030
Petitioner
អ្នកដាក់ញ្ញាត់
No;
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