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210. One set of Standing Committee minutes mentions another, separate entity
known as ‘Bureau 870’ (in Khmer, ‘karilayai 870’, as opposed to ‘munti 870’).644 As
of October 1975, it was headed by SIM Son alias Yem.645 Its precise function remains
unknown, but its Khmer title suggests that its role was more administrative than
political.646
5.1.6. Government Office (S-71) and sub-offices
211. As well as Office 870, the Party Centre maintained an administrative office,
which was referred to in CPK Standing Committee meeting minutes as the
‘Government Office’.647 As of October 1975, the Government Office was run by
CHIMM Sam Aok alias Pang.648 Several witnesses referred to the unit headed by
Pang as ‘S-71’, and a section or ministry designated ‘S-71’ appears repeatedly in the
lists of prisoners brought to the S-21 Security Office, suggesting that ‘S-71’ was the
code name for the Government Office.649
212. S-71 may have been a division of Office 870, or it may have been a separate
entity. Although Standing Committee meeting minutes suggest that they were
644
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 2, ERN (En) 00183394. See T. 17 July
2013 (Stephen HEDER), pp. 92-93.
645
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 2, ERN (En) 00183394; T. 29 March
2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 23 (clarifying that “Yem” was SIM Son).
646
While both ‘munti’ and ‘karilayai’ can be rendered in English as ‘office’ or ‘bureau’, ‘munti’
connotes a larger administrative structure whereas ‘karilayai’ typically refers to a smaller unit or subdivision. A ‘munti’ may contain more than one ‘karilayai’. See also, T. 17 July 2013 (Stephen
HEDER), pp. 92-93.
647
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 2, ERN (En) 00183394; T. 18 July 2013
(Stephen HEDER), p. 12.
648
Standing Committee Minutes, E3/182, 9 October 1975, p. 2, ERN (En) 00183394; T. 4 September
2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 17-18; T. 28 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 68; T. 29 March 2012
(KAING Guek Eav), pp. 23-24 (clarifying that ‘Pang’ was CHIMM Sam Aok).
649
T. 4 September 2012 (NORNG Sophang), pp. 17-18; T. 18 July 2013 (Stephen HEDER), p. 12; T.
26 March 2012 (KAING Guek Eav), p. 109; NOEM Sem Interview Record, E3/43, 18 July 2009, p. 4,
ERN (En) 00365659; KONG Yeuang SOAS Interview, E3/5315, 27 July 2005. See also, List of
Prisoners from Ministry S-71, E3/1737, undated; List of Prisoners from Ministry S-71, E3/1738, 20
June 1978; List of Persons Entering on 24 May 1978, E3/1955, 24 May 1978 (all identifying S-21
detainees from “Ministry S-71”, most of whom are stated to have worked for one of the ‘K’ offices: see
Section 5: Administrative Structures, para. 213. At an earlier time, ‘S-71’ was also the code name for
the base near the Chinit River to which the CPK leadership moved in 1970: T. 25 July 2012
(ROCHOEM Ton alias PHY Phuon), p. 92; THA Sot Interview Record, E3/464, 19 January 2008, p. 7,
ERN (En) 00226112. See also, T. 23 April 2012 (SALOTH Ban), p. 23 (describing the move to the
Chinit River base).
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