Forbidden city: New strongman Ta Mok reaches out of isolation
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Ta Mok, the man who overthrew Pol Pot, and the new Khmer Rouge strongman, blames the deaths during the revolutionary regime's 1975-78 rule on Pol Pot. He has earned a reputation as a military commander, and is revered by many of the people living under his control. Ta Mok believes in defending the interests of his people, and is obsessed with the perceived threat of domination by Vietnam. He is said to have introduced new freedoms in the area under his control
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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Brother number zero: Pol Pot caused the deaths of more than a million Cambodians. But when he turned on his longtime military commander Ta Mok, that was one Cambodian too many
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Pol Pot of Cambodia, the long time Khmer Rouge leader, has been denounced by a 'people's tribunal' in the Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng. He has been denounced for turning on his own comrades, according to speakers at the trial. The Khmer Rouge movement has split into several factions, with original leaders largely replaced by younger ones, less allied to communist ideology. The people's tribunal sentenced Pol Pot to life imprisonment.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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