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VOA Khmer
February 6, 2018
“They were corruption-free and against other countries' invasions [of Cambodia].” After the last remnants of the former Communist movement were subdued by Hun Sen's military and Ta Mok was arrested in March 1999, many of Mok's followers stayed in Anlong Veng and aligned themselves with the CPP.
The Interpreter
January 18, 2018
Two other arrested top leaders, Ta Mok and Ieng Sary, died of illness before the ECCC could deliver its verdict. Is it so surprising that only a few old men have been convicted? Many other yardsticks for judging the achievements of international justice exist beyond the narrow field of counting convictions.
Khmer Times
January 4, 2018
He added that senior Khmer Rouge commander Ta Mok came to Pailin in July 1996, before his boss announced they would join the Phnom Penh government forces. Ta Mok, later nicknamed “The Butcher”, went directly to meet Mr Chhean and told him go to Malai district's Banteay Meanchey province, butÃâà...
Irish Times
December 3, 2017
It has elaborate plans for the area, including the opening of an educational tourist trail that includes, among other stops, the grave of Pol Pot, the home of Ta Mok, known as his “butcher”, and the peace centre. Schoolgirls from the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng visit the grave of KhmerÃâà...
VOA Khmer
September 22, 2017
The group visited the Anlong Veng Peace Center, which opened in 2014, in early September - the final holdout of regime leaders Pol Pot and Ta Mok. Hoy Sochivanny, president of NGO Positive Change for Cambodia, told VOA Khmer while taking a walk near the center that such initiatives could ensureÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
July 11, 2017
Monday's filing confirmed Chaem was the Preah Net Preah district secretary and that she was a “trusted and close aide” of Ta Mok, known as “the butcher”, who purged the Khmer Rouge's own soldiers in the Northwest Zone in 1977. It also determined there was “reliable evidence” – some of it from theÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
July 11, 2017
Monday's filing confirmed Chaem was the Preah Net Preah district secretary and that she was a “trusted and close aide” of Ta Mok, known as “the butcher”, who purged the Khmer Rouge's own soldiers in the Northwest Zone in 1977. It also determined there was “reliable evidence” – some of it from theÃâà...
The Cambodia Daily
July 10, 2017
The report later brands the notorious operation “a purge” led by Ta Mok, and highlights the close relationship between Ms. Chaem and the Southwest Zone commander, but asserts this was not enough to prove she held considerable decision-making power on a mass scale. “We thus find the evidence thatÃâà...
Khmer Times
September 14, 2016
Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province's Anlong Veng district reopened the Ta Mok bridge for traffic yesterday after water levels subsided, but some officials ... The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology released a statement yesterday, saying the water in Ta Mok lake had fallen below the 2.9-meterÃâà...
The Cambodia Daily
July 26, 2016
Ta Mok, the famously brutal chief of the Khmer Rouge's Southwest Zone, was “loved” by the people, but his subordinates never dared question his authority, a messenger for the regime told the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on Tuesday. The witness, identified only as 2-TWC-1005 dueÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
August 7, 2015
Today, the town that Ta Mok once proudly called a “country” is little more than a roundabout connecting four poorly paved roads. But if the government has its way, this unhopeful collection of huts and houses is soon to be transformed into a tourist hub to rival Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields in Phnom PenhÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
August 7, 2015
Today, the town that Ta Mok once proudly called a “country” is little more than a roundabout connecting four poorly paved roads. But if the government has its way, this unhopeful collection of huts and houses is soon to be transformed into a tourist hub to rival Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields in Phnom PenhÃâà...
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