Communist Party of Kampuchea Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Date apprehended
6 March 1999
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Ta Mok (Khmer: តាម៉ុក; born Chhit Choeun, ឈិត ជឿន; 1924 – 21 July 2006), also known as Nguon Kang,[1] was a Cambodian military chief[2] and soldier who was a senior figure in the Khmer Rouge and the leader of the national army of Democratic Kampuchea.[3] He was also known as "Brother Number Five" or "the Butcher".[4] He was captured along the Thailand-Cambodia border in March 1999 by Cambodian government forces while on the run with a small band of followers[5] and was held in government custody until his death in 2006 while awaiting his war crime trial.
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and from the "fascism and cruelty of Pol Pot's regime," naming Nuon Chea, TaMok, Son Sen and Yun Yat as Pol Pot's cohorts and "mass murderers of Cambodia...
incitement to genocide. The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, Kang Kek Iew, TaMok and other leaders, organized the mass killing of ideologically suspect groups...
late as between 1993 and 1997. These executions were carried out during TaMok's leadership in the area. The following table shows the villages of Anlong...
genocide, as defined by the 1948 Convention. The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, TaMok, and others, perpetrated the mass killing of ideologically suspect groups...
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former Premier of Cambodia. He was placed under house arrest in 1998 by TaMok, a rival Khmer Rouge leader. On January 5, 2005, former dictator Augusto...
Khmer Rouge who had fled Cambodia to avoid being purged by Pol Pot and TaMok. It was fully beholden to the occupying Vietnamese army and under the direction...
State Presidium (head of state) of Democratic Kampuchea Brother number 5 TaMok (Chhit Chhoeun) — Leader of the National Army of Democratic Kampuchea; last...
Rouge rule. A total 90,450 persons were massacred throughout the province. TaMok himself massacred 30,000 people in the Angkor Chey District of Kampot. Kampot...
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Pol Pot had died. After photographing the corpse he briefly interviewed TaMok and Pol Pot's second wife Muon, who told Thayer, "What I would like the...
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