Mam Nai
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Mam Nai or Mam Nay (Khmer: ម៉មណៃ, born 1934), nom de guerre Comrade Chan (សមមិត្តច័ន្ទ), is a Cambodian war criminal and former lieutenant of Santebal, the internal security branch of the Khmer Rouge communist movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. He was the leader of the interrogation unit at Tuol Sleng (S-21), assisting Kang Kek Iew (Comrade Duch), the head of the camp where thousands were held for interrogation, torture and subsequent killing.
Mam Nai | |
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Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
Nationality | Cambodian |
Other names | Comrade Chan, Ta Chan |
Occupation | Lieutenant of the Khmer Rouge security branch |
Years active | 1975–1996 |
Political party | Communist Party of Kampuchea |
Mam Nay gave testimony at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on 14 July 2009. He denied being a leader of the interrogation and torture system of the Khmer Rouge.[1][2][3]
Tall, pock-marked and having a pink complexion,[4] Mam Nai impressed both Nate Thayer and François Bizot as the most frightening Khmer Rouge individual they ever beheld. Bizot further described Mam Nai as a 'true crime fiction character' with a terrifying 'gallows face'. He met him twice at the French Embassy compound in Phnom Penh, the second time during the arrest of Sirik Matak who had been hiding seeking political asylum.[5]