Y Bhăm Êñuôl Explained

Native Name Lang:km
Y Bhăm Êñuôl
Order: Leader of Central Autonomous Commission of the BAJARAKA
Term Start:1957
Term End:20 September 1964
Office2: Deputy Governor of Đắk Lắk province
Term Start2:1963
Term End2:1964
Office3: President of Central Highlands Liberation Front
Term Start3:March 1964
Term End3:20 September 1964
Office4: Chairman of Central Committee of FULRO
Term Start4:20 September 1964
Term End4:20 April 1975
Birth Date:1913
Birth Place:Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk province, French Indochina
Death Date:20 April 1975
Death Place:Phnom Penh, Democratic Kampuchea
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Y Bham Enuol (Y Bhăm Êñuôl; Y Bham for short; 1913 - 20 April 1975) was a Rhade civil servant and a prominent figure during the Vietnam War.

Y Bham Enuol was born in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk Province in 1913.[1] On May 1, 1958, he established BAJARAKA, an organization seeking autonomy for minorities in the Central Highlands. BAJARAKA was the predecessor of the United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO), which played an important role during the Vietnam War. Y Bham was selected president of FULRO.

On 20 September 1964, Y Bham was arrested and deported to Cambodia.[2] Later, he lived in Phnom Penh. When the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) seized Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975, Y Bham and other FULRO leaders living in Phnom Penh sought refuge in the French Embassy.[3] On 20 April they were all taken out and executed.[4] [5] However, members of FULRO did not know of his death until, after seventeen years American journalist Nate Thayer informed the group that Y Bham had been executed.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Berman . David M. . Tucker . Spencer C. . The encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history . limited . 2011 . ABC-CLIO . 9781851099610 . 349-350 . 2nd . Enuol, Y Bham.
  2. Book: Window on a War: An Anthropologist in the Vietnam Conflict. Gerald Cannon Hickey. Texas Tech University Press. 0-89672-490-5. 2002. 153.
  3. Book: Repression of Montagnards: Conflicts Over Land and Religion in Vietnam's Central Highlands. 2002. Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch. 1-56432-272-6. 25. registration. Y Bham Enuol..
  4. Web site: Kỷ niệm 38 năm từ trần của Y Bham Enuol, lãnh tụ phong trào Fulro . 2022-08-09 . www.champaka.info. https://web.archive.org/web/20221124131754/http://www.champaka.info/index.php/tintuc/2012/768-kyniem. November 24, 2022.
  5. Web site: History Montagnard Human Rights Organization (MHRO) - Defending Human Rights in the Central Highlands of Vietnam . 2022-08-09 . en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20230514223653/https://www.mhro.org/montangards-history. May 14, 2023.
  6. Nate Thayer, "Forgotten Army: The Rebels Time Forgot," Far Eastern Economic Review, Sept 10, 1992, pp. 16–22.
  7. News: How an American Journalist Saved a Renegade Jungle Army in Cambodia. June 9, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609062249/https://www.voacambodia.com/a/7068904.html. April 28, 2023. Meyn. Colin. Voice of America Khmer.