- Yos Por
Yos Por, a
Cambodia n communist politician.In 1963 Por was one of 40
Hanoi -basedKhmer s who travelled toChina for a 4-year political training course. In the midst of theCultural Revolution , Por chosed to leave China in 1967.Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 259]In 1970 Por was included into the
Kampot (Region 35) committee of theCommunist Party of Kampuchea . He was put in charge of Education and Information. [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 319] In 1972 the party leadership aroundPol Pot began targeting Khmer communists who, like Por, had stayed inVietnam . The returnees from Vietnam were removed from party positions and many, including Por, were subjected to humiliation and accusations ofrevisionism . [Kiernan, Ben . "How Pol Pot Came to Power".London : Verso, 1985. p. 336]Yos Por fled to Vietnam. [http://www.marxistarkiv.se/indokina/kambodja/kiernan-kampucheas_kp.pdf] Following the overthrow of the
Pol Pot -regime, Por became the general secretary of theUnited Front for National Salvation of Kampuchea in 1979. He would also become the head of the PRK-USSR Friendship Association. [ [http://www.geocities.com/khmerchronology/1985.htm Chronology of Cambodian History, 1985-1989 ] ]References
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