Hu Nim
Hu Nim | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1932 Kampong Cham, Cambodia, French Indochina |
| Died | 6 July 1977 (aged 44) Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh, Democratic Kampuchea |
| Cause of death | Torture murder |
| Political party | Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) (1970 - 1977) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Royal University of Phnom Penh |
Hu Nim (Khmer: ហូ នឹម, 25 July 1930 or 1932 – 6 July 1977), alias "Phoas" (ភាស់), was a Cambodian Communist intellectual and politician who held a number of ministerial posts. His long political career included spells with the Sangkum regime of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the Communist guerrilla resistance, the GRUNK coalition government-in-exile, and the administration of Democratic Kampuchea, when the country was controlled by the Communist Party of Kampuchea (the Khmer Rouge).
Nim had a reputation as one of the most independent-minded and outspoken members of the Khmer Rouge, and was eventually arrested, tortured and executed at Tuol Sleng security prison in 1977 during a party purge.