- Tiv Ol
Tiv Ol was a
Cambodia n teacher and communist politician. Tiv Ol joined the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party (which later involved into the Workers Party of Kampuchea/Communist Party of Kampuchea) in the autumn of 1959.Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 185]Tiv Ol was the leading figure in a grouping of radical teachers on
Phnom Penh .Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 266] OnMarch 8 , 1963, Tiv Ol was included in the list of 34 'subversive' leftists, published byPrince Sihanouk . [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 202, 242] During the period of 1965-1967 Tiv Ol also a prominent member of theKhmer-Chinese Friendship Association .Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 419] http://www.marxistarkiv.se/indokina/kambodja/kiernan-kampucheas_kp.pdf]In 1967, the Tiv Ol-led group of leftist teacher began to shift to the countryside, to escape state repression. Tiv Ol himself left the capital in November 1967, and made his way to the clandestine CPK Party Centre.
Vorn Vet later claimed to have been the organizer of this exodus.Around 1970 Tiv Ol was appointed the chief of the CPK party organization in
Kratie . After communist forces took control over the area, Tiv Ol organized the re-opening of the local school and hospital as well as initiating someagrarian reform s. [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 315]Tiv Ol, like others in the CPK Eastern Zone, represented a sector within the party which held ambivalent views on the relation between Vietnamese and Cambodian communists. In 1973 Tiv Ol expressed that Vietname was an ally of the Cambodian liberation, but an unreliable ally. In 1974 Tiv Ol visited
Hanoi . During his stay in Hanoi, he wrote a poem saluting Indochinese unity. The poem was published in a Vietnamese magazine. It is said that the publication had angeredPol Pot . [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 388]In 1977 Tiv Ol fell victim of a purge of the core of the Khmer-Chinese Friendship Association. He was arrested on
June 6 , and later executed. [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 294]Personal life
Tiv Ol was married to Leng Sim Hak, a fellow teacher.
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