# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ta-mok
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:13.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ta-mok"
name: "Ta Mok"
slug: "ta-mok"
description: "Ta Mok, also known as Nguon Kang, was a Cambodian military chief who was a senior figure in the genocidal 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 Cambodia–Thailand border in March 1999 by Cambodian government forces while on the run with a small band of followers; he was held in government custody until his death in 2006 while awaiting his war crimes trial."
tagline: "Cambodian military officer (1924–2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Ta_Mok_1999.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1925"
deathDate: "2006-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.66885333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%82%AF"
    title: "タ・モク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Та Мок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Та Мок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%DA%A9"
    title: "تاموک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Mok"
    title: "Ta Mok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%94%E8%8E%AB%E5%85%8B"
    title: "塔莫克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump