01005796 Case File No. 002/19-09-2007/ECCC/TC E313 232. In October 1975, the CPK Standing Committee assigned specific areas of policy responsibility to 13 senior members, including NUON Chea (given responsibility for “Party Affairs, Social Action, Culture, Propaganda and Education”) and KHIEU Samphan (given responsibility for “the Front and the Royal Government, and Commerce for accounting and pricing”).723 IENG Sary was assigned “Foreign Affairs work, both Party and State”, while POL Pot retained “general responsibility over the military and the economy”.724 KOY Thuon alias Thuch was assigned “Domestic and International Commerce”, SON Sen was to deal with the “General Staff and Security”, VORN Vet was given responsibility for “Industry, Railroads and Fisheries”, IENG Thirith alias Phea was to take charge of “Culture, Social Action and Foreign Affairs”, YUN Yat alias At was assigned “Propaganda and Re-education, both internal and external” and NON Suon alias Chey was to deal with “Agriculture”. 725 233. On 14 December 1975, KHIEU Samphan presented a new draft constitution at a national congress in Phnom Penh.726 On 5 January 1976, the constitution (“DK Constitution”) came into effect, and the state of Democratic Kampuchea was born.727 The DK Constitution vested legislative power in a People’s Representative Assembly (“PRA”), which was to comprise 250 elected members.728 The government was to be elected by, and answerable to, the members of the PRA.729 “People’s courts” were also to be appointed by the PRA.730 In place of the monarchy, the DK Constitution York Times), E3/3296, 16 April 1975; Report by S. HEDER and M. MATSUSHITA: Interviews with Kampuchean Refugees at Thai-Cambodia Border, E3/1714, February-March 1980, p. 8, ERN (En) 00170699; Book by N. CHANDA: Brother Enemy: The War After The War, E3/2376, pp. 38-43, ERN (En) 00192223-00192228. 723 Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 1, ERN (En) 00183393; See Section 7: Roles and Functions – Nuon Chea, paras 328-329; Section 8: Roles and Functions – Khieu Samphan, para. 400. 724 Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 1, ERN (En) 00183393; T. 29 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), pp. 22-23. 725 Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, pp. 1-2, ERN (En) 00183393-00183394; T. 29 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 22. 726 Khieu Samphan Report (in FBIS Collection), E3/273, 5 January 1976, ERN (En) 0016781000167817. 727 Radio Editorial Hails Promulgation of New Constitution (in FBIS Collection), E3/273, 8 January 1976, ERN (En) 00167822; DK Constitution, E3/259, undated. 728 DK Constitution, E3/259, undated, p. 3, Chapter 5, ERN (En) 00184835. 729 DK Constitution, E3/259, undated, p. 3, Chapter 6, ERN (En) 00184835. 730 DK Constitution, E3/259, undated, p. 4, Chapter 7, ERN (En) 00184836. Case 002/01, Judgement, 7 August 2014 - Public 129

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