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Yun Yat

Alias : At1

YUN Yat (1934-1997) was Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Training and Education, Minister of Propaganda, and Re-Education, and was in charge of both internal and external propaganda and re-education. She was murdered on Pol Pot’s orders alongside her husband, Son Sen, and family.

Explore the Khmer Rouge hierarchy to understand her role in the secretive system.

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Key Findings

The Trial Chamber in Case 002/01 and Case 002/02 found that Yun Yat:
  • Took control of the combined Ministry of Propaganda and Information and Ministry of Education in 1977. 9
  • Was replaced at the Ministry of Propaganda in 1978, with Nuon Chea taking over her responsibilities. 10
  • Attended political training sessions at Borei Keila with Pol Pot, Khieu Samphan, and Hu Nim, where Nuon Chea discussed Vietnamese-related spy networks. 11

Disclaimer

Yun Yat was not a suspect, charged person, or accused in any proceedings before the ECCC. Therefore, the findings of the Extraordinary Chambers cannot be equated to findings of guilt against her.

Some information may be sourced from confessions which were obtained under torture. The reliability of such information should be treated with caution. See Decision on Evidence Obtained Through Torture.

Drag

1937

Born.2

1975

Before 1975
Joined the Khmer Rouge communist movement at the time when Son Sen, along with Pol Pot and Ieng Sary, among others, fled the capital and took refuge at Office 100, originally a Vietnamese base on the border.3

1976

April
Became Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Training and Education, and Minister of Education.4

1978

March
Told Yugoslavian journalists that Buddhism is incompatible with the revolution.5
12 April
Present at a film show hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Mitapheap Threatre “to honour all ambassadors and their wives as well as personnel of all embassies to Democratic Cambodia.”6

1979

Before 1979
Attended political training sessions at Borei Keila with Pol Pot, Khieu Samphan, and Hu Nim, where Nuon Chea discussed Vietnamese-related spy networks.7

1997

10 June
Murdered alongside Son Sen and members of her family, including their children, near Kbal Ansong, on Pol Pot’s orders.8