Wat
Wat Phnom Pros
វត្តភ្នំប្រុស
Wat Phnom Pros (វត្តភ្នំប្រុស), formally វត្តសុវណ្ណគិរីរតនៈភ្នំប្រុស, is a Buddhist Wat in Krala commune, Kampong Siem district, Kampong Cham province.[1]
History
In 2002 the Documentation Center of Cambodia listed Wat Phnom Pros, in Kampong Siem district, among 77 memorials it recorded as holding the remains of victims of Khmer Rouge rule (Democratic Kampuchea, 1975 to 1979).[2] The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia name a "Wat Phnom Pros execution site" among the crime sites alleged in its Case 004/02. The court presents these as allegations rather than findings. It states that its Supreme Court Chamber ended the case on August 10, 2020, because there was no definite and enforceable indictment.[3]
Religious life
As of 2026, the abbot was Preah Dhammasilavongsa Chin Savoeun.[4] On August 9, 2026, during Vassa, the rains retreat, a government delegation led by Labour Minister Heng Sour brought Vassa candles and offerings to the 50 monks keeping the retreat at the Wat, and gifts to 140 elderly lay precept-keepers and 10 achar (lay ritual leaders).[1]
During Pchum Ben in 2026 the Wat kept the days of offerings as in other years. The abbot and the Wat committee also set up sand stupas and a shrine, and added a bangskol (prayers for the dead).[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DAP News, ក្រុមការងាររាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ចុះមូលដ្ឋានស្រុកកំពង់សៀម នាំយកទៀនព្រះវស្សា និងទេយ្យទានប្រគេនព្រះសង្ឃគង់ចាំព្រះវស្សានៅវត្តចំនួន ៧ ក្នុងឃុំចំនួន២ នៃស្រុកកំពង់សៀម ខេត្តកំពង់ចាម (August 9, 2026)
- ↑ Documentation Center of Cambodia, Searching for the Truth, Number 30: Locations of Memorials Holding the Remains of Victims of Democratic Kampuchea (June 2002)
- ↑ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Case 004/02 (undated)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kampuchea Thmey, វត្តភ្នំប្រុសរៀបចំពិធីបង្សុកូលក្នុងឱកាសបុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌដើម្បីឧទ្ទិសដល់កងទ័ពដែលពលីក្នុងសមរភូមិ (October 4, 2026)