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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]
Jul 21, 2006 · Ta Mok had been in government custody since 1999 and faced trial for his role in the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979, when the Khmer Rouge ruled the country.
Jul 21, 2006 · Ta Mok, known as "the Butcher" for his brutality as military chief of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge government, died Friday, his lawyer said. He was believed to be 80.
Jul 21, 2006 · Ta Mok, military commander of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge movement, was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people during the Pol Pot regime of the late 1970s. Born in 1926, he...
Jul 21, 2006 · Ta Mok, a Khmer Rouge leader who played a key role in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s, died early today in a Phnom Penh military hospital, where he was awaiting...
Aug 3, 2006 · Ta Mok. Ung Choeun (“Ta Mok”), the last surviving leader of the Khmers Rouges, died on July 21st, probably aged 80. WHEN Ta Mok died, his body was taken to the mountain jungles of northern ...
Jul 21, 2006 · Ta Mok, one of the main leaders of Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime, has died in the capital Phnom Penh. Nicknamed "The Butcher", he was the regime's military...
Aug 6, 2021 · Others, including Pol Pot’s former foreign minister Ieng Sary, Sary’s wife Ieng Thirith, and the former military chief Ta Mok, died before justice could be rendered.
Apr 28, 2022 · Pol Pot had died long before, in 1998 and his military chief Ta Mok, nicknamed ‘The Butcher’ for his brutality, died in custody in 2006 before the trials began.
Ta Mok, also known as Nguon Kang, was a Cambodian military chief and soldier who was a senior figure in the Khmer Rouge and the leader of the national army of Democratic Kampuchea.
