- Um Neng
Um Neng, alias Vy, was a
Cambodia n communist politician. [ [http://research.yale.edu:8084/cgp/cbio/cbiorecorddetail.jsp?record_id=17922 Databases | Cambodian Genocide Program | Yale University ] ] In the early 1960s, he was a leading figure in thePracheachon Group . [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 194.] At the 1971 congress of theCommunist Party of Kampuchea , Um Neng was included in theCentral Committee of the party. [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 328.] In 1974 Um Neng became the Deputy Zone Secretary of the CPK in the North-Eastern Zone. [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 375.]Um Neng died in 1978. Some sources claim he committed suicide after being purged, whereas Kiernan (1985) claims he was executed. [
Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 407.] [ [http://www.krtrial.org/showarticle.php?language=english&action=showarticle&art_id=368&needback=1&PHPSESSID=4602c9de7848fdd159705761039d1287 [KRT Khmer Rouge Trial Portal ] ]References
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