Pol Pot denied this in one of the last interviews before his death, stating that Samouth, who had left his safe house to obtain medicine for his sick child, had been arrested by Lon Nol's men, interrogated, and killed: "If Tou Samouth had talked, I would have been arrested.
Pol Pot bestritt dies in einem seiner letzten Interviews vor seinem Tod und erklärte, dass Samouth sein sicheres Haus verlassen habe, um Medikamente für sein krankes Kind zu beschaffen, wobei er von Lon Nols Männern verhaftet, verhört und getötet worden sei: „Hätte Tou Samouth geredet, wäre ich verhaftet worden.