Ta Mok
Ta Mok | |
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| តាម៉ុក | |
Ta Mok in 1999 | |
| Born | Chhit Choeun 1924 |
| Died | 21 July 2006 (aged 81–82) Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Years active | 1970–1999 |
| Known for | Military leader of the Khmer Rouge |
| Political party | Communist Party of Kampuchea Party of Democratic Kampuchea |
Date apprehended | 6 March 1999 |
Ta Mok (Khmer: តាម៉ុក; born Chhit Choeun, ឈិត ជឿន; 1924 – 21 July 2006), 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. He was also known as "Brother Number Five" or "the Butcher". He was captured along the Thailand-Cambodia border in March 1999 by Cambodian government forces while on the run with a small band of followers and was held in government custody until his death in 2006 while awaiting his war crime trial.