Sokhary Chau

Sokhary Chau (pronuniciation: So-Ka-Ree Chao) is a Cambodian born American politician.[4] On April 17, 1975, his father was executed by the Khmer Rouge when Dictator Pol Pot, stormed into Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital.[5] Much of his early childhood was spent in extreme hardship and fear, almost losing two of his brothers to executions.Despite these circumstances, his family escaped Cambodia in 1979 under the cover of night through land mine laced jungles to a Thai refugee camp.[9] In November 2023, he announced that he would run for the Middlesex County Register of Deeds seat that will become vacant in 2024.
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