Um Neng (), alias Vy (វី), was a Cambodian communist politician.Databases | Cambodian Genocide Program | Yale University In the early 1960s, he was a leading figure in the Pracheachon Group.Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 194. At the 1971 congress of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, Um Neng was included in the Central Committee of the party.Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 328. In 1974 Um Neng became the Deputy Zone Secretary of the CPK in the North-Eastern Zone.Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 375.
Um Neng died in 1978. Some sources claim he committed suicide after being purged, whereas Kiernan (1985) claims he was executed.Kiernan, Ben. How Pol Pot Came to Power. London: Verso, 1985. p. 407.[KRT] Khmer Rouge Trial Portal
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