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distinct,650 Witness Stephen HEDER recalled that many of the people he had
interviewed conflated the two offices, and indeed several witnesses who testified
before the Trial Chamber referred to the unit run by CHIMM Sam Aok alias Pang
using the code number ‘870’.651 According to a number of other witnesses, however,
S-71 under Pang performed a different function from Office 870 under SUA Vasi
alias Doeun. Whereas Doeun’s Office 870 was concerned with matters of policy
implementation, Pang’s S-71 office dealt primarily with logistical, practical and
administrative tasks.652
213. In particular, S-71 oversaw a variety of sub-offices and units, which themselves
performed support functions for the Party Centre and which were mostly identified by
code names beginning with the prefix ‘K’.653 K-1 was the compound in Phnom Penh
within which POL Pot lived and worked.654 K-3 was another residential and office
compound in Phnom Penh for the CPK senior leaders, including NUON Chea and
KHIEU Samphan.655 K-6 was a CPK political school at Borei Keila in Phnom
650
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, pp. 1-2, ERN (En) 00183393-00183394
(listing separately the “Political Office of 870” and the “Government Office”).
651
T. 3 May 2012 (PEAN Khean), p. 22; T. 26 July 2012 (ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon), p. 92;
T. 20 September 2012 (CHEA Say), pp. 74-75; T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 17; T. 25 September
2012 (NOEM Sem), p. 42; T. 23 April 2012 (SALOTH Ban), p. 89.
652
T. 18 July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), pp. 12-13, 15-17 (describing S-71 as an administrative office,
separate from Office 870); T. 3 May 2012 (PEAN Khean), p. 22 (indicating that Pang “would manage
day to day tasks in the office, including K-1, K-3, and K-7”); T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 39
(stating that Pang was in charge of the messengers and production section, and assigned tasks to the
staff at K-1); ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon Interview Record, E3/24, 5 December 2007, p. 7,
ERN (En) 00223584 (“Pang was in charge of 870 administration, and Doeun was in charge of policy”);
KAING Guek Eav Interview Record, E3/448, 4 December 2007, p. 5, ERN (En) 00154910 (describing
a “Committee of the Working Group in charge of Office 870” led by Pang, with responsibility for
security, welcoming guests, telecommunications, logistics, food and transport); NORNG Sophang
Diagram, E3/1736, 28 March 2009 (showing that Pang’s S-71 managed the ‘K’ offices); Case 001 Trial
Transcript (Craig ETCHESON), E3/55, 21 May 2009, p. 28, ERN (En) 00330361 (testifying that S-71
was the “secretariat” of Office 870, comprising a network of support offices serving the Party Centre).
See also, Section 5: Administrative Structures, para. 209. See also, Section 5: Administrative
Structures, fn. 624 above (showing that Doeun attended many of the Standing Committee meetings for
which minutes survive, whereas Pang attended none).
653
T. 3 May 2012 (PEAN Khean), p. 22; T. 4 September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 17-18; T. 18
July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), pp. 12, 15, 21; THA Sot Interview Record, E3/464, 19 January 2008, p.
5, ERN (En) 00226110; NORNG Sophang Diagram, E3/1736, 28 March 2009.
654
T. 3 May 2012 (PEAN Khean), p. 18; T. 13 June 2012 (OEUN Tan), p. 38; T. 25 September 2012
(NOEM Sem), pp. 63-64; T. 8 January 2013 (SA Vi), p. 12; T. 10 June 2013 (SO Socheat), p. 67; T. 7
June 2013 (SOK Roeu), p. 74.
655
T. 2 May 2012 (PEAN Khean), p. 48; T. 18 April 2012 (SAUT Toeung), p. 47; T. 25 September
2012 (NOEM Sem), pp. 63-64; T. 26 July 2012 (ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon), p. 88; T. 8
January 2013 (SA Vi), p. 22; T. 6 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 77; T. 10 June 2013 (SO Socheat), pp.
70-71. T. 7 June 2013 (SOK Roeu), p. 78; T. 17 June 2013 (LENG Chhoeung), pp. 9-14.
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