01005790 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 219. The committee secretary in each tier was also generally a member (or at least attended the meetings) of the committee of the echelon immediately above: thus, commune secretaries would attend meetings of the District committee,689 District secretaries would attend meetings of the Sector committee690 and Sector secretaries would attend meetings of the Zone committee.691 Zone secretaries, such as MUOL Sambath alias ROS Nhim (secretary of the Northwest Zone), were usually members of the Central Committee.692 Some, such as SAO Phim (secretary of the East Zone) and Ta Mok (secretary of the Southwest Zone), were also members of the Standing Committee.693 220. Other Zone secretaries in the DK period included CHOU Chet alias Si, who served as secretary of the West Zone until he was arrested in 1978;694 KE Vin alias KE Pauk, who replaced KOY Thuon as secretary of the original North Zone (later to become the Central Zone) in 1975;695 CHANN Sam alias KANG Chap alias Se, who Interview Record, E3/5294, 5 July 2009, p. 4, ERN (En) 00360112; BUN Thien Interview Record, E3/5498, 17 August 2009, p. 4, ERN (En) 00384398; T. 4 October 2012 (MEAS Voeun), p. 20. 689 T. 6 June 2012 (SAO Sarun), p. 12; SARAY Hean Interview Record, E3/5608, 10 March 2010, p. 3, ERN (En) 00491734. 690 T. 28 May 2012 (NY Kan), p. 43; T. 11 December 2012 (PHAN Van), p. 83. 691 CHUON Thi Interview Record, E3/4593, 2 March 2010, p. 3, ERN (En) 00513313; PECH Chim Interview Record, E3/4628, 26 August 2009, p. 3, ERN (En) 00379303. 692 T. 30 January 2012 (NUON Chea), pp. 36-37; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 14-15; Report by S. HEDER and M. MATSUSHITA: Interviews with Kampuchean Refugees at ThaiCambodia Border, E3/1714, February-March 1980, p. 59, ERN (En) 00170750. See also, T. 3 September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), p. 93 (confirming that ROS Nhim was Secretary of the Northwest Zone); T. 6 December 2012 (HUN Chhunly), p. 89 (giving ROS Nhim’s real name). ROS Nhim was also the second deputy chairman of the State Presidium until he was arrested and sent to S21 in June 1978: see DK People’s Representative Assembly Meeting Minutes, E3/165, 11-13 April 1976, p. 21, ERN (En) 00184068; S-21 Confession – ROS Nhim, E3/3989, 14 June 1978. 693 T. 30 January 2012 (NUON Chea), pp. 36-37; T. 20 June 2012 (KHIEV Neou), p. 102; T. 19 July 2012 (David CHANDLER), pp. 56-57; T. 8 January 2013 (SA Vi), pp. 73-74; KHIEU Samphan Interview Record, E3/27, 13 December 2007, p. 10, ERN (En) 00156750. See Section 5: Administrative Structures, fn. 620 and fn. 621. SAO Phim was also the first deputy chairman of the State Presidium until he died, probably by committing suicide, in mid-1978: see DK People’s Representative Assembly Meeting Minutes, E3/165, 11-13 April 1976, p. 21, ERN (En) 00184068; Case 001 Trial Transcript (KAING Guek Eav), E3/5797, 8 June 2009, p. 77, ERN (En) 00338594; Book by N. CHANDA: Brother Enemy: The War After The War, E3/2376, p. 442, ERN (En) 00192627. 694 T. 22 April 2013 (CHHOUK Rin), p. 74; T. 8 May 2013 (Philip SHORT), p. 137; T. 4 October 2012 (MEAS Voeun), p. 11 (confirming that CHOU Chet went by the alias ‘Si’ or ‘Ta Si’); T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 14; KHUN Kim Interview Record, E3/422, 30 November 2009, p. 4, ERN (En) 00414065; KOL Sokun Interview Record, E3/5202, 27 August 2008, p. 3, ERN (En) 00275151; Book by D. CHANDLER: Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot’s Secret Prison, E3/1684, p. 73, ERN (En) 00192752; Book by B. KIERNAN: The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79, E3/1593, p. 89, ERN (En) 00678539. 695 SUON Kanil Interview Record, E3/344, 18 August 2009, p. 5, ERN (En) 00384426; T. 26 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 57; T. 19 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 39 (clarifying that KE Vin Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 123