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Victim Participation Nan Ai Sah
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Record No
លេខឯកសារ
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VPA-KR0002 | |
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Name
ឈ្មោះ
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Nan Ai Sah
ណាន អែសៈ
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Gender
ភេទ
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Male
ភេទ: ប្រុស
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Age
អាយុ
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57 | |
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Nationality
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Khmer
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Ethnicity
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Cham
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Occupation
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Farmer
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Current Address
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Prek Tahop village, Ksach Andet commune, Chhlong district, Kratie province.
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Mode Participation
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Complainant
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Request Protective Measures
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No;
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Prefer form of Reparation
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Road
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Main Crime Location
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Religious persecution: In early 1976, a commune chief (Khmer whose name I forget) evacuated my family from Prek Tahop Village, Khsach Andet Commune, Chhlong District, Kratie Province to Chambakk Village, Chambakk Commune, Prek Brasap District, Kratie Province. At that time, they gave us no reason regarding the evacuation. A unit chief in the village was named Ta Mam (deceased), but I do not know who the village chief, cooperative chief, or commune chief were, because we were new people. We were not interested in knowing their names because we worked most of the time. There was a communal dining hall there, and the Chams and Khmer ate together. I do not remember the name of the dining hall chief, because a long time has passed. In the dining hall, they cooked food from pork once a week, and everyone ate the food. I want to emphasize that they gave a larger amount of pork to the Chams than to Khmer. And sometimes, they cooked porridge with pork for us to eat. During that time, none of the Chams refused to eat the porridge, fearing that they would be taken away and executed. During meals when pork was served, the Khmer Rouge wandered around, observed and spied on us to see whether we ate the pork or not. But whenever there was no food cooked with pork, they did not patrol the dining area. In the village, there were no Chams who dared to act against the orders of the Khmer Rouge. We did what they told us. Because the village was a Khmer village, there were no mosques. I heard that some Chams tried to pray secretly, and I, in fact, prayed as well, but not regularly. I prayed secretly once in a while. In the village, some Chams were taken into a rubber plantation, and they never returned -- except their clothes. When the incident took place, I thought that they were taken to be executed. The Khmer Rouge allowed the Cham people who perished from exhaustion and disease to be buried only. Religious ceremonies were not permitted. I want to make it clear that a majority of Chams evacuated from Phnom Penh were taken to be executed at the rubber plantation in 1978. Most Cham families disappeared at the rubber plantation, and I do not know why they were taken to be killed there. Particularly, one family whom I knew, consisting of husband, Soh: wife, Am Nah; and a son, Ny: were taken away and executed in Truoy Ampil pagoda (Chambakk Village, Chambakk Commune, Prek Prasap District, Kratie Province) by unknown Khmer Rouge in the village. The Khmer Rouge took them away by truck. I heard from another person that Soh was taken to be executed behind Truol Ampil pagoda. Regarding marriage, the Khmer Rouge selected people and held simultaneous marriage ceremonies for many couples. I found out that about thirty couples were married in one ceremony. I learned this information from my niece, E Eh (currently living in Dambe District, Kampong Cham Province), because during that time, she was forced to get married. Therefore, during the regime, there were no wedding ceremonies which followed religious traditions. I want to clarify that I lived in the village until the Vietnamese troops arrived. Additional Information Form (collected on September 01, 2009) I want verify that Nan An Sah, not Nai Sah. However, th local authorities wrote my name wrongly when making my national identification card. The name, Nai Sah, was also used in my birth certificate and family book. Moreover, the local authorities wrote that I was born in 1947. In fact, I was born in 1950. |
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Date Completion of Form
កាលបរិច្ឆេទនៃការបំពេញបែបបទ
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20080203 | |
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Petitioner
អ្នកដាក់ញ្ញាត់
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Yes; | |
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