Y01084

Headline:

headline: Y01084: Ros Nhim; Comrade Nhim; Muol Sambath/Nhim; Moul Sambath; Nhim; Nhim Ros; Muol Sambath

Record ID:
Y01084
Name:

Ros Nhim (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Other Names:

Comrade Nhim (source: PPP, p. 7)

Other Names:

Muol Sambath/Nhim (source: PPP, p. 339)

Other Names:

Moul Sambath (source: BK, PPR, p. 92)

Other Names:

Nhim (source: BK, PPR, p. 216)

Other Names:

Nhim Ros (source: BK, PPR, p. 474)

Other Names:

Muol Sambath (source: BK, HPP, p. 97)

Pre-1979 Activities:

"He didn't like the Vietnamese" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Pre-1979 Activities:

member of alleged "new party" created in 1960 with Pol Pot, So Phim, Nuon Chea, and Mok, 1960???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Pre-1979 Activities:

participated in the anti-French struggle, 1945????-1954???? (source: PPP, p. 341)

Pre-1979 Activities:

"He and the Northwest cadres were better than the Southwest, because they didn't kill their own people very much" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Pre-1979 Activities:

met with Hu Nim to establish the army and watch the parade at the Sports Stadium (July 22, 1975) of the People's National Liberation Armed Forces of Kampuchea, which the Organization named "The Revolutionary Army" (source: PPP, p. 283, 341)

Pre-1979 Activities:

was in Samlaut with Ta Kok and Suy, late 1960s (source: PPP, p. 293)

Pre-1979 Activities:

met with Khuon, Doeun and Phim in Phnom Penh in early 1976 (source: PPP, p. 291)

Pre-1979 Activities:

met with Hu Nim during Hu Nim's visit to the Northwest in March 1976; met at Nhim's house, the Office, along Hwy. 10 outside of Battambang. Topics discussed included the policy of self-reliance, water problems (dikes and canals) (source: PPP, p. 289-290)

Pre-1979 Activities:

assigned position of 2nd Vice-President, The State Presidium, on March 30, 1976 at meeting of Party Center (source: PPP, p. 7)

Pre-1979 Activities:

arranged filming for K-33 in 1976 (source: PPP, p. 290)

Pre-1979 Activities:

met with Doeun, Khoun and Phim in Phnom Penh (source: PPP, p. 291)

Pre-1979 Activities:

cited as having asked the party for mercy on the people by not persecuting them and accepting foreign aid, PPP, p. 231, unconfirmed report

Pre-1979 Activities:

attended a "2-3 day meeting in the railway station", 1960, 19600925 (source: BKI 159, A, B, C, D, p. 396)

Pre-1979 Activities:

reportedly cooperated with Center and Southwest cadre in finding and eliminating cadre suspected of responsibility for poor rice harvest in Northwest Zone, 1976???? (source: EB, WWO, p. 250)

Pre-1979 Activities:

notably moderate; according to a Communist Party of Kampuchea regimental commander, "several members of the party such Hu Nim and Nhim asked the Party to have mercy on the people" (source: BK, PPR, p. 351)

Pre-1979 Activities:

In 1965, after much harrassment by troops, Sambath left for the jungle (source: BK, HPP, p. 215)

Pre-1979 Activities:

In July 1971, a two-week conference was held at Pol Pot's headquarters in the Northern Zone." Sambath was among those who attended (source: BK, HPP, p. 328)

Allegedly Persecuted by:

CPK Center, 1977????, accused by the Center of failing to achieve the agricultural production levels they demanded, and also with "fomenting" the border problems with Thailand (source: EB, WWO, p. 318)

Allegedly Persecuted by:

CPK Center, 1977????, accused by the Center of being both a CIA agent and an agent of the Vietnamese (source: EB, WWO, p. 318)

Allegedly Persecuted by:

4.06, arrested and jailed in Tuol Sleng, 19780611, Ros Nhim was told he was being "transferred to Phnom Penh" (source: BK, PPR, p. 417)

Allegedly Persecuted by:

1.56, killed, at Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh, 197806?? (source: BK, PPR, p. 445)

Allegedly Persecuted by:

Southwest Zone troops, 1.56, killed, "He was executed by the Southwest" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Associates:

Pol Pot, 1960???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Associates:

So Phim, 1960???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Associates:

Nuon Chea, 1960???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Associates:

Mok, 1960???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 395)

Associates:

Ieng Sary (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Vorn Vet (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Son Sen (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Pol Pot (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Khieu Samphan (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Chhit Choeun (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

So Phim (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Nuon Chea (source: PPP, p. 7)

Associates:

Hing, Secretary of Region 5 (source: PPP, p. 292)

Associates:

Say, in the Zone committee (source: PPP, p. 292)

Associates:

San, in the Military Command Committee (source: PPP, p. 292)

Associates:

Chey (source: PPP, p. 292)

Associates:

Ta Kok (source: PPP, p. 292)

Date of Birth:

"he was nearly 50" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Birth Place:

Notes: "heard he was born near Kompong Cham" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Date of Execution:

197806?? (source: BK, PPR, p. 445)

Date of Death:

197806?? (source: BK, PPR, p. 445)

Place of Death:

Location from smallest to larger: Phnom Penh, Notes: Tuol Sleng prison (source: BK, PPR, p. 445)

DK Organisation Type 1975-1979:

military, 1975???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 51)

DK Organisation Type 1975-1979:

political, 1975???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 90, 92)

DK Organisation Type 1975-1979:

military (source: BK, HPP, p. 97)

DK Zone, 1975-1979:

Zone Name or Compass Point: NW (source: PPP, p. 248)

DK Zone, 1975-1979:

Zone Name or Compass Point: NW (source: EB, WWO, p. 193)

DK Zone, 1975-1979:

Zone Name or Compass Point: NW, Date: 1975???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 51)

DK Zone, 1975-1979:

Zone Name or Compass Point: NW (source: BK, HPP, p. 97)

DK Zone, 1975-1979:

Zone Name or Compass Point: NW (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Gender:

Male (source: PPP, p. 7)

Gender:

Male (source: EB, WWO, p. 193)

Political Party/Organisation:

alleged "Vice-President of the Worker's Party" (source: PPP, p. 230)

Political Party/Organisation:

CPK (source: EB, WWO, p. 193)

Political Party/Organisation:

In 1951, in charge of the military affairs committee for the United Issarak Front's operations in the Northwest (source: BK, HPP, p. 97)

Prison History:

Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh (source: BK, PPR, p. 271)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

CPK Secretary of the Northwest Zone (source: PPP, p. 230)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

controlled Regions 3, 4, and 5 from the district to the regional level, these regions were considered the granary of Kampuchea (source: PPP, p. 292)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

Secretary of Northwest Zone (source: EB, WWO, p. 193)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

second vice-chairman of state presidium (source: EB, WWO, p. 194)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

Communist Party of Kampuchea Secretary in Northwest Zone, 1975????-1978???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 90)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

military commander, Northwest Zone, 1975???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 51)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

Second Vice-Chairman, State Presidium, 197604?? (source: BK, PPR, p. 328n87)

Rank or Position 1975-1979:

kana peak (chief of Zone committee) of the Northwest Zone, "Nhim was kana peak of the Northwest... In charge of Batttambang, Pursat - all of the Northwest" (source: BKI 74 (i), p. 2096)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

member of Central Committee, 1960??? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 396)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

in charge of Northwest Zone, 1960???? - (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 396)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

full member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea Central Committee, 1971???? (source: BKI 159 A, B, C, D, p. 402)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

former member of the Thai Communist Party (source: PPP, p. 291)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

a leader on Mt. Veay Chap in 1967 defeating Sihanouk's forces there, his troops went on to attack Bay Damram on January 18, 1968 (source: PPP, p. 291)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

Central Committee (source: BK, HPP, p. 201)

Rank or Position pre-1975:

In 1970, head of the Northwest Zone (source: BK, HPP, p. 315)

Sources:

Ben Kiernan Interviews (no. + transcript translation page no.) (BKI) 159 A, B, C, D, pp. 395, 396, 402

Sources:

Pol Pot plans the future : confidential leadership documents from Democratic Kampuchea, 1976-1977 / translated and edited by David P. Chandler, Ben Kiernan and Chanthou Boua. New Haven : Yale Council on Southeast Asia Studies, 1988. (PPP), pp. 7, 230-231, 283-284, 289-292, 297, 339, 341

Sources:

When the war was over : the voices of Cambodia's revolution and its people / Elizabeth Becker. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1986. (EB, WWO), pp. 193-4, 250, 318

Sources:

The Pol Pot Regime : race, power, and genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 / Ben Kiernan. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1996. (BK, PPR), pp. 51, 90, 92, 216, 328n87, 351, 417, 445, 474

Sources:

How Pol Pot Came to power: a history of Communism in Kampuchea, 1930-1975 / Ben Kiernan. London, Verso, 1985. (BK, HPP), pp. 97, 201, 215, 315, 328

Sources:

Ben Kiernan Interviews (no. + transcript translation page no.) (BKI) 74 (i), p. 2096

Subordinates:

Keu, Deputy Zone Secretary, 1975????-1978???? (source: BK, PPR, p. 51)