Bunchan Mol

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Bunchan. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Mol.
Bunchan Mol
ប៊ុណ្ណចន្ទ ម៉ុល
Born1921 (1921)
French Indochina
Died1975 (aged 53–54)
Khmer Republic
OccupationsPolitical activist, writer
Notable workPolitical Prison (1972)
Charet Khmer (1973)

Bunchan Mol (Khmer: ប៊ុណ្ណចន្ទ ម៉ុល) was a Cambodian political activist and writer who was executed by the Khmer Rouge after the fall of Phnom Penh. According to political scientist Sorpong Peou, his best-selling political pamphlet, Charet Khmer (Khmer: ចរិតខ្មែរ, 'The Khmer character'), is "perhaps the most widely read book among Cambodians".

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