Son Sen
Politician
1930 – 1997
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Who was Son Sen?
Son Sen was a Cambodian Communist politician and soldier. A member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea/Party of Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge, from 1974 to 1992, Sen oversaw the Party's security apparatus, including the Santebal secret police and the notorious security prison S-21 at Tuol Sleng.
Sen was married to Yun Yat, who became the Party's minister of education and information. Along with the rest of his family, he was killed on the orders of Pol Pot during a 1997 factional split in the Khmer Rouge.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1930
Tra Vinh Province - Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Chinese Cambodian
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 10, 1997
Anlong Veng District
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on July 23, 2013
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