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Yun Yat, alias Comrade At, was the wife of Son Sen, Defence Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On October 9, 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education. In 1977, she was appointed as Information Minister. On June 10, 1997 Khieu Samphan 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 relatives were executed on June 15, 1997 on the orders of Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge photograph.
Khmer Rouge leader, Yun Yat, at Anlong Veng c.1996. Yun Yat, alias Comrade At, was the wife of Son Sen, Defence Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On October 9, 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education. In 1977, she was appointed as Information Minister. On June 10, 1997 Khieu Samphan 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 relatives were executed on June 15, 1997 on the orders of Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge photograph.
Khmer Rouge leadership at Anlong Veng c1996 (in opposition). Left to Right: Son Sen, Khieu Samphan, Nuon Chea, Pol Pot, Yun Yat (wife of Son Sen). Khmer Rouge photograph.
The Khmer Rouge Leadership at Pochentong Airport c. 1976. Left to right: Unknown, Khieu Ponnary, Nuon Chea, Vorn Vet, Ieng Sary (partly obscured), Pol Pot, Yun Yat (partly obscured), Ieng Thirith.<br/><br/> The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.
Yun Yat, alias Comrade At, was the wife of Son Sen, Defence Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On October 9, 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education. In 1977, she was appointed as Information Minister. On June 10, 1997 Khieu Samphan 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 relatives were executed on June 15, 1997 on the orders of Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge photograph.