Yun Yat
Appearance
Yun Yat | |
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យុន យ៉ាត | |
Minister of Information | |
In office 6 July 1977 – 7 January 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Pol Pot |
Preceded by | Hu Nim |
Personal details | |
Born | 1934 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, French Indochina |
Died | 15 June 1997 (aged 62–63) Anlong Veng, Oddar Meanchey Province, Cambodia |
Political party | Communist Party of Kampuchea |
Spouse | Son Sen |
Yun Yat (Khmer: យុន យ៉ាត; 1934 – 15 June 1997), also known by her alias Comrade At (Khmer: សមមិត្តនារីអាត), was the wife of Son Sen, Defense Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On 9 October 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education inside and outside of the country. In 1977, she was appointed as Information Minister after Hu Nim's arrest and execution.[1]
On 10 June 1997 Khieu Samphan (former Chair of the State Presidium) declared that Yun Yat and Son Sen had been arrested as spies of Hun Sen and Vietnam, and declared as traitors. Yun Yat, Son Sen and eight of their relatives were executed on 15 June 1997 by the Khmer Rouge rump state.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam). "Yun Yat". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam). "Chronology of the Khmer rouge tribunal". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Son Sen and Yun Yat: living by the sword". The Phnom Penh Post. 27 June 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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