Chu Chet ( Khmer. ជូ ជេ ត ), also known as Tang Si, is a Cambodian revolutionary , one of the leaders of the Pracheachun party, an activist of the Khmer Rouge regime, and secretary of the Western zone of Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea). Member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.
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Biography
Chu Chet was born in Kampot Province. During the First Indochina War, Khmer Issarak joined the partisans, participated in the armed struggle against the French colonial administration. He joined the Communist Party of Indochina in 1951, underwent political training in Vietnam. He worked as editor of the newspaper Pracheachun, in January 1962, together with Non Swan , was imprisoned for anti-government activities against Norodom Sihanouk [1] . After his release, he returned to his native province, where he continued his political activities, gradually rose to the rank of deputy Ta Moka.
Since the establishment in 1970 of the Royal Government of National Unity of Cambodia, he served as Minister for Religious and Social Affairs. [2]
Arrested on March 15, 1978 during intra-party purges in the ranks of the Khmer Rouge. Together with other leaders of the Western zone, he was transferred to the infamous S-21 prison, and subsequently shot [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Mikheev, 1981 .
- ↑ Samorodny O. Pol Pot: Cambodia - an empire on the bones? . Algorithm, 2014.
- ↑ Mosyakov, 2010 , p. 383.
Literature
- Christophe Peschoux, Haing Kheng Heng. Itinerary of an Ordinary Torturer: Interview with Duch, Former Khmer Rouge Commander of S-21. - Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2016 .-- 208 p. - ISBN 9786162151149 .
- Mikheev Yu.Ya., Dementyev Yu.P., Kozhevnikov V.A. Chapter 4. The crisis of the Sangkum regime // History of Kampuchea. Short essay. - M .: Nauka, 1981 .-- 254 p. - (The main edition of the oriental literature of the publishing house "Science"). - 12,000 copies.
- Mosyakov D.V. History of Cambodia. XX century .. - M .: Institute of Oriental Studies RAS , 2010. - 743 p. - ISBN 978-5-89282-404-0 .