Santebal
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Santebal was the notorious secret police and internal security organization of the Khmer Rouge regime in Democratic Kampuchea, responsible for widespread surveillance, torture, and executions.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
secret police organization
ⓘ
security agency ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Khmer Rouge regime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| almostAllPrisonersAtS21 | were executed ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cambodian genocide ⓘ |
| country | Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryToday | Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter | Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1979 ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum records ⓘ |
| endTime | 1979 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictimsAtS21 | over 14000 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Phnom Penh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideologyOfRulingRegime |
Maoism
ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Khmer ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of Khmer Rouge terror ⓘ |
| locationOfOperations | prison network of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
Khmer Rouge Standing Committee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pol Pot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
extrajudicial killings
ⓘ
forced confessions ⓘ systematic torture ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Comrade Duch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kang Kek Iew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | mass imprisonment at S-21 ⓘ |
| notableFacility |
S-21 prison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuol Sleng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Khmer Rouge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversightBy | Khmer Rouge Ministry of Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Communist Party of Kampuchea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | security apparatus of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
arbitrary arrests
ⓘ
enforcement of Khmer Rouge policies ⓘ executions ⓘ internal security ⓘ political repression ⓘ surveillance of the population ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| startTime | 1975 ⓘ |
| translatedName | “organization for security” ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
ethnic minorities
ⓘ
intellectuals ⓘ perceived political opponents ⓘ suspected traitors within Khmer Rouge ⓘ |
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