Mou Pei Na - Sinn Samouth (ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត), (Cambodia, 1965)

Song: Mou Pei Na Artist: Sinn Sisamouth, Ros Serey Sothea Album: Dengue Fever Presents: “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” Discogs: Footage used: Also posted at: About Sinn Samouth: Sinn Sisamouth disappeared during the Khmer Rouge genocide and his exact fate has never been confirmed, with multiple sources making contradictory claims. Due to his ongoing popularity with the Cambodian people, there has been a great amount of speculation about his whereabouts after the Khmer Rouge forced the evacuation of all residents from Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, and his apparent death at the hands of the new regime. In the film ”Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten“, an interview subject speculates that Sisamouth was originally evacuated to a small village but was then ordered to return to the city to work for the Khmer Rouge in some capacity, but it is unknown if he in fact followed this plan. A popular but apocryphal story claims that Sisamouth was about to be executed by a Khmer Rouge firing squad but requested the opportunity to sing one last song in an attempt to appeal to the soldiers emotions, but they executed him anyhow. In 2006, Khmer Apsara magazine granted a long interview to a man named Keo Chamnab who claims to have seen Sisamouth’s execution at a jail in Prek Ta Duong village in 1976.