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Siem Reap,508 Poipet,509 Battambang510 and Pursat.511 The re-location of many people
expelled from Phnom Penh and other towns was still on-going in August 1975.512
171. Beginning in September 1975 and continuing throughout 1977, at least 300,000
to 400,000 civilians were forcibly transferred to Battambang and Pursat Provinces,
while more than 30,000 were forcibly re-located within regions depending on
seasonal labour requirements and to advance the class struggle.513 These movements
were carried out under inhumane conditions leading to deaths. Some died of
starvation, exhaustion or sickness while others disappeared.514 Overall, during the
temporal period at issue in Case 002/01, millions were forcibly displaced. The
Chamber notes that the Closing Order also alleged that forcible displacement
continued throughout 1978.515
172. Between 17 and 24 April 1975, Khmer Republic officials were targeted for
execution, arrest and detention while cities and towns throughout the newly liberated
areas of Cambodia, including Phnom Penh were emptied of their inhabitants.516 On or
around 25 or 26 April 1975, at least 250 former Khmer Republic officials were
508
T. 12 November 2012 (PE CHUY Chip Se), pp. 111-112 (After 17 April 1975, people were
evacuated from Siem Reap at gun-point); CHEA Thy Interview Record, E3/5184, 17 June 2008, p. 5,
ERN (En) 00225529 (All the people of Siem Reap were evacuated); MUY Moeun Interview Record,
E3/5175, 3 June 2008, p. 2, ERN (En) 00272752 (On 5 May 1975, people were still being evacuated
from Siem Reap, others had already been evacuated); TEM Kimseng Interview Record, E3/5248, 7
October 2008, pp. 2-4, ERN (En) 00235142-44 (After 17 April 1975, people were evacuated from
Siem Reap).
509
Refugee Accounts, E3/4590, p. 25, ERN (En) 00820343 (On 24 April, the Khmer Rouge ordered
the evacuation of Poipet by microphone).
510
T. 6 December 2012 (HUN Chhunly), pp. 74-75 (One week after the Khmer Rouge took control,
Battambang was evacuated); MA Saem Interview Record, E3/5282, 28 March 2009, pp. 3-4, ERN (En)
00322023-4 (At the end of April 1975, Khmer Rouge soldiers evacuated Battambang Town); PEN
Loeut Interview Record, E3/5226, 18 November 2008, pp. 2-3, ERN (En) 00250277-78 (Around 25 or
26 April 1975, armed Khmer Rouge soldiers evacuated people from Phnom Sampeou to rice fields
outside the village, in Battambang Province); TES Heanh Interview Record, E3/505, 27 August 2008,
pp. 2-3, ERN (En) 00275409-10 (Armed Khmer Rouge evacuated all the people of Battambang Town).
511
T. 29 April 2013 (UNG Chhat), pp. 70-79 (Pursat was evacuated on 20 April 1975); T. 2 May
2013 (LIM Sat), pp. 14-16 (Following the liberation in 1975, people were all evacuated out of the
provincial town of Pursat within three weeks or so) .
512
See Section 10: Movement of the Population (Phase One); Section 11: Movement of the
Population (Phase Two); Revolutionary Flag, E3/166, February-March 1976, p. 25, ERN (En)
00517837.
513
See Section 11: Movement of the Population (Phase Two).
514
See Section 11: Movement of the Population (Phase Two).
515
Closing Order, paras 283-300 (Concerning the displacements identified in the Closing Order as
population movement (phase three)).
516
Section 11: Movement of the Population (Phase Two).
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