Ta Mok, Cambodian soldier and monk (born 1926)

Ta Mok

Cambodian military officer (1924–2006)

Ta Mok, 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…