On October 17, 2010, DC-Cam’s Genocide Education Project conducted a Public Education

Forum to distribute and discuss the textbook A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)

in the meeting hall of Wat Phnom pagoda, Wat Phnom village, Kampaeng commune, Kiri

Vong district, Takeo province. Participants in the forum included 80 students, 60 villagers,

five teachers and eight monks. Kiri Vong is a remote district of Cambodia close to the

Vietnamese border. Under the Khmer Rouge, it was called district 109 of region 13,

Southwest Zone. According to Socheat Nhean, who has conducted extensive research on the

chain of command and sociopolitical structure of theSouthwest Zone, district 109 was led by

one of Ta Mok’s brother-in-laws, Tith, and all village and commune chiefs were from Tramkok

district, Ta Mok’s homeland, because they were more trusted by the Khmer Rouge.