, The Khmer army was fighting a stronger Siamese army in Pursat. Out of desperation, Khleang Mueng offered to commit suicide with his wife, his children and his troops in order to ask for the help of an army of ghosts. He did so and many Siamese soldiers died from diarrhoea and the army was defeated 59

, Khleang Mueng offered his life and died violently makes him particularly powerful as a neak ta

, Pol Pot himself, who died in April 1998 in Northern Cambodia, shares some characteristics with neak ta

, Pol Pot (who died quietly in his bed) has become, in his grave in Anlong Veng, a 'saint'. In front of this grave, his compatriots queue every day, lighting candles and incense sticks. Thus, the worshippers of Saint Pol Pot can win the lottery and other gambling games (in casinos or elsewhere). True

, Pol Pot'in particular Choulean Ang, Les êtres surnaturels, p.206

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E. Porée-maspero, See also ????? ?, ?? ?? ?? ????? ?, ???? ?-?, vol.2, pp.8-9, 1964.

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, Du manifeste à l'obscénité commerciale. Le traitement du souvenir des victimes des Khmers Rouges à Phnom Penh et dans les environs, The text was published in French: 'Les âmes errantes des victimes des Khmers rouges polpotiens, 2006.

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